A group of prisoners at the
Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the Dirty Thirty were believed to be the "best potential sources of information" and consequently the chief focus of the harshest methods of interrogation.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Many of these captives were alleged to be
Osama bin Laden bodyguards, or associates of Osama bin Laden.
The detainee's name along with other personal property information was found on a list recovered during raids against
al Qaida associated safe houses.[9]
The detainee's name was found on a list of
324 Arabic names, aliases and nationalities recovered from a
safe house connected with suspected al Qaida in Pakistan.[11]
The detainee's name was found on a chart listing the names of captured Mujahedin. The information was found on a hard drive associated with a senior al Qaida operative.[16]
Almost two months of
sleep deprivation, where three shifts of interrogators kept him under interrogation 18 to 20 hours per day;
Forced nudity;
Force-feeding, forced uses of enemas, while under shackles, forced use of stimulants, and other drugs;
Sexual humiliation;
One of the successes asserted by DoD spokesmen was that al Qahtani identified thirty
Osama bin Laden bodyguards during his extended interrogation. Al Qahtani has since recanted every denunciation he made under what he described as
torture.
Originally faced charges before a
Guantanamo military commission in February 2008 but all charges were dropped in May 2008.
^"Sources describe Guantanamo prisoner abuse". San Diego Union Tribune. 2004-10-17. Archived from
the original on 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2010-04-24. One intelligence official said most of the intense interrogation was focused on detainees known as the "dirty thirty," believed to be the best potential sources of information.
^Julian Borger (2004-10-18).
"Ex-Guantánamo Bay workers claim prisoner abuse was widespread". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2010-04-24. Yesterday's report quoted an intelligence official as saying that much of the harshest interrogation was focused on a "dirty thirty" of detainees, thought to represent the best potential sources of intelligence on al-Qaida.{{
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