Mosa Zi Zemmori
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Hafiz Mosa Zi Zemmori is a Belgian
citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
.
in a Belgian mosque, and given him a cellphone, asking him to answer any calls and pass messages onto them. In June 2001, the phone was called three times by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, as well as a number of calls from Sami Essid
.
Zemmori was detained while in Kandahar
,
"Moussa Zemmouri"
was repatriated to Belgium on April 25, 2005 along with Mesut Sen
, onboard a Belgian airforce plane, to face the Belgian justice system.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention
Extrajudicial detention
Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
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
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
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Life
In 2001, Zemmori and Driss Elatellah are alleged to have approached Saber MohammedSaber Mohammed
Saber Mohammed, an Iraqi nationalist who opposed Saddam Hussein, pleaded guilty to agreeing to help facilitate Islamic extremism in Brussels in 2004....
in a Belgian mosque, and given him a cellphone, asking him to answer any calls and pass messages onto them. In June 2001, the phone was called three times by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, as well as a number of calls from Sami Essid
Sami Essid
Sami bin Khamis bin Salih Essid a.k.a. Essid Sami Ben Khemais was the head of al-Qaeda's Italian cell until his arrest outside Milan in April 2001. He received a five-year sentence for trafficking in arms, explosives, and chemicals...
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Zemmori was detained while in Kandahar
Kandahar
Kandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 512,200 as of 2011. It is the capital of Kandahar Province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m above sea level...
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Repatriation
A Belgian named"Moussa Zemmouri"
was repatriated to Belgium on April 25, 2005 along with Mesut Sen
Mesut Sen
Mesut Sen is a Belgian who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.Mesut Sen was transferred to Belgium on April 25, 2005.-Repatriation:...
, onboard a Belgian airforce plane, to face the Belgian justice system.