Mohamedou Ould Slahi

July 20, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

U.S. transfers Guantánamo detainee who allegedly led forces at Tora Bora

The U.S. State Department announced on July 19 that Abdul Latif Nasir, a detainee held at Guantanamo since 2002, had been transferred to his native country of Morocco. Nasir’s transfer from Guantánamo...

July 12, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Bin Laden Loyalist Transferred from Guantanamo to Sudan

The Defense Department announced on Wednesday that Ibrahim al Qosi, a Guantanamo detainee who long served deceased al Qa...

July 11, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Senior al Qaeda Ideologue Freed in Mauritania

Family members of top al Qaeda ideologue Abu Hafs al Mauritani have confirmed that he was freed this past weekend. Abu Hafs was transferred from Iran, where he had lived since late 2001, to Mauri...

June 6, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Guantanamo Detainee Releases Audio Message to Syrian People

An audio message to the Syrian people purportedly from a current Guantanamo detainee has been released online by jihadist forums, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. The message is reported...

April 12, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Senior al Qaeda Ideologue Leaves Iran for Mauritania

Abu Hafs al Mauritani, a senior al Qaeda religious thinker known as "Mr. Theology," has reportedly left Iran for his home country. According to some press accounts, the Iranians "extradited" Abu...

January 12, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

The Stories Ex-Gitmo Detainees Tell

Ten years ago this week, the U.S. government opened the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention facility. And three years ago this month, shortly after his inauguration, President Barack Obama ordered Gua...

April 29, 2011 | |

WikiLeaks: Journalist, Al Qaeda Jihadist, or Both?

There are two competing versions of former Guantanamo detainee Sami al Hajj’s story. The first, which has long been endorsed by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and many other jour...

March 1, 2011 | Weekly Standard

Reconnecting the Dots

In an editorial published yesterday (“A Right Without a Remedy”), the New York Times complained that the D.C. Circuit Court “has dramatically restricted” the Supreme Court...

July 13, 2010 |

Disconnecting the Dots

On Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stinging rebuke to a district court that granted a Guantanamo detainee’s habeas petition last year.  The detainee in question is...

March 25, 2010 |

So, You Still Want to Close Gitmo?

Mohamedou Slahi is responsible for the murder of thousands of Americans. He was a core member of the 9/11 conspiracy — the recruiter of Mohamed Atta and the other ringleaders. If he’d...

November 16, 2009 | Thomas Joscelyn

Connecting the Dots

The D.C. Circuit court eviscerates a district judge’s habeas ruling.