Abu Zubaydah

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Abu Zubaydah ( AH-boo zuu-BAY-də; Arabic: ابو زبيدة, romanized: Abū Zubāydāh, lit. 'Father of Jewels'; born March 12, 1971, as Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn) is a Palestinian captive born in Saudi Arabia currently held by the U.S. in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. He is held under the authority of Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (AUMF). The United States government has never officially charged him with any crime. Believed to be a high-ranking Al-Qaeda member, Abu Zubaydah was captured in Pakistan in March 2002 and has been in United States custody ever since, including 4+1⁄2 years in the secret prison network of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He was transferred among prisons in various countries, including a year in Poland, as part of a United States extraordinary rendition program. In 2004, media coverage of Abu Zubaydah began referring to him as a "disappeared" prisoner, stating he had no access to the International Red Cross. During his...

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