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U.S. Identifies Saudi Prisoner Who Committed Suicide at Guantanamo

HeadlineJun 04, 2007

Military records show that the Saudi man who committed suicide last week at Guantanamo was a veteran of the Saudi army who had trained with U.S. forces. The man, Abdul Rahman Ma’ath Thafir al-Amri, had been held at Guantanamo for over five years. U.S. officials say he was first detained in Afghanistan while fighting with the Taliban. The New York Times reports al-Amri had been involved in several hunger strikes. His weight dropped from about 150 pounds to only 88 pounds. He is the fourth prisoner at Guantanamo to have committed suicide.

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