Abdul Aziz al-Matrafi - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Abdallah Aiza Al Matrafi is a citizen of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

who was held for six years in the United States

United States

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Guantanamo Bay detainment camp

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...

s, in Cuba

Cuba

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He was born on July 12, 1964 in Mecca

Mecca

Mecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...

, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

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Abdallah Aiza al Matrafi was captured in Pakistan in December 2001 and he was transferred to Saudi Arabia on December 28, 2007.

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