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Abu Zubaydah

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  • US detainee Zubaydah sues Poland in European court

    say has withheld critical information needed to investigate his case. He was allegedly held in Poland between 2002 and 2003.Abu Zubaydah has been held by U.S. authorities for more than a decade without being charged and is now in a secret location at the U.S.   Read more »

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  • CIA prison will haunt Poland

    became public and was confirmed by Siemiatkowski himself, the case was moved from Warsaw to Krakow. In 2010, Al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah were granted “victim status” by the Polish prosecutors, amounting to a recognition of the possibility that Poland may have   from openDemocracy Read more »

  • US detainee Zubaydah sues Poland in European court

    who allegedly revealed valuable information about 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohamed is suing Poland in a European court. Abu Zubaydah's lawyers say he was held in a CIA black site in Poland, which they say has withheld critical information needed to investigate   from San Antonio Express Read more »

  • Delays in Poland's CIA Jails Case 'Endangering Evidence'

    for Saudi-born Abu Zubaydah, who alleges he was held illegally by the CIA in Poland, on Tuesday submitted an application the court to hear their client's case. They argued there was no hope of him receiving fair treatment inside Poland. Poland is the only   from International Herald Tribune Read more »

  • Former CIA officer John Kiriakou leaves US District Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia 27 October 2012 CIA leaker starts 30-month sentence

    my decision to go public on the torture issue." Kiriakou, a CIA officer from 1990-2004, led an operation that captured Abu Zubaydah, a suspected al-Qaeda financier. Continue reading the main story The justice department has made me a hero in the human rights   from BBC News Read more »

  • The Suspects: A Bosnian Subplot

    of identity papers (Algerian and Yemeni), blank passports and on a small piece of paper the number of a senior bin Laden aide, Abu Zubaydah, himself a veteran of the Bosnian war. Investigators say he is now in charge of screening recruits for al-Qaeda training   from Time Magazine Read more »

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About Abu Zubaydah

Abu Zubaydah (born 12 March 1971 as Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn) (Arabic: ابو زبيدة‎) was, according to American authorities, a high-ranking member of al-Qaida and close associate of Osama bin Laden. He is currently in U.S. custody in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Zubaydah's name is often transliterated as Abu Zubaidah, Abu Zubeida, or Abu Zoubeida. Born Zein al-Abideen Mohamed Hussein (Arabic: زين العابدين محمد حسين), he is also known by over thirty-five aliases.

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