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A group of prisoners at the [[Gitmo|Guantanamo Bay detention camp]], the '''Dirty Thirty''' were believed to be the "best potential sources of information" and consequently the chief focus of the harshest methods of interrogation.<ref name=AndyWorthington-2010-04-23>
{{cite news
|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/judge-rules-yemenis-deten_b_549160.html
|title=Judge Rules Yemeni's Detention at Guantanamo Based Solely on Torture
|publisher=[[Huffington Post]]
|date=2010-04-23
|author=Andy Worthington
|author-link=Andy Worthington
|accessdate=2010-04-24
|quote=The group of approximately 30 men with whom Uthman was seized have long been referred to by the government as the "Dirty Thirty," and portrayed, as in Uthman's case, as bodyguards for bin Laden.
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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514235459/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/judge-rules-yemenis-deten_b_549160.html
|archivedate=2010-05-14
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</ref><ref name=SanDiegoUnionTribune-2004-10-17>
{{cite news
|url         = http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041017/news_1n17gitmo.html
|title       = Sources describe Guantanamo prisoner abuse
|work   = [[San Diego Union Tribune]]
|date        = 2004-10-17
|accessdate  = 2010-04-24
|quote       = One intelligence official said most of the intense interrogation was focused on detainees known as the "dirty thirty," believed to be the best potential sources of information.
|url-status     = dead
|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20050311210848/http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041017/news_1n17gitmo.html
|archivedate = 2005-03-11
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</ref><ref name=TheGuardian-2004-10-18>
{{cite news
|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/oct/18/guantanamo.usa
|title=Ex-Guantánamo Bay workers claim prisoner abuse was widespread
|work=[[The Guardian]]
|date=2004-10-18
|author=Julian Borger
|author-link=Julian Borger
|accessdate=2010-04-24
|quote=Yesterday's report quoted an intelligence official as saying that much of the harshest interrogation was focused on a "dirty thirty" of detainees, thought to represent the best potential sources of intelligence on al-Qaida.
|url-status=bot: unknown
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626090952/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/oct/18/guantanamo.usa
|archivedate=2009-06-26
}}
</ref><ref   name=TheTelegraph-2008>
{{cite news
| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/3630797/Barack-Obama-storms-the-Guantanamo-Bay-torture-chamber.html
| title=Barack Obama storms the Guantánamo Bay torture chamber
| publisher=[[The Telegraph (U.K.)|The Telegraph]]
| date=2008-12-06
| author=
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207210833/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/3630797/Barack-Obama-storms-the-Guantanamo-Bay-torture-chamber.html
| archivedate=2008-12-07
| url-status=dead
| accessdate=2010-04-24
| quote=The remaining detainees include 14 high-value captives, plus members of the so-called Dirty Thirty, who include bodyguards of Osama bin Laden caught fleeing to Pakistan in 2001.
}}
</ref><ref>
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| title="Dirty thirty" bore the brunt of the harsh interrogation
| publisher=[[Gainesville Sun]]
| date=2004-10-17
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| title=Abuse of Guantanamo detainees is alleged by some who worked there
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| title=Workers corroborate tales of harsh treatment
| publisher=[[Wilmington Star-News]]
| date=2004-10-17
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Many of these captives were alleged to be [[Osama bin Laden bodyguard]]s, or associates of Osama bin Laden.
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{| class="wikitable"
! '''[[Internee Security Number|isn]]''' || '''name''' || '''notes'''
|-
| '''26''' || [[Fahed Abdullah Ahmad Ghazi]] ||
*Alleged [[Osama bin Laden bodyguard]].<ref name=ArbTranscriptIsn26>{{Cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/Reading_Room/Detainee_Related/ARB_Transcript_Set_5_20000-20254.pdf#11
| title=Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings of ISN 26
| date=<!--date redacted-->
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| pages=11–
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-01-09
| quote=The detainee was recognized as one of [[UBL’s bodyguards]] and a member of his “[[dirty thirty (Guantanamo)|dirty thirty]]” and a fighter in Tora Bora Afghanistan.
| archive-date=2015-06-27
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627102815/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/Reading_Room/Detainee_Related/ARB_Transcript_Set_5_20000-20254.pdf#11
| url-status=dead
}}</ref>
|-
| '''30''' || [[Ahmed Umar Abdullah al Hikimi]] ||
*The detainee's name along with other personal property information was found on a list recovered during raids against [[al Qaida associated safe houses]].<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceAhmedUmarAbdullahAlHikimi>
{{Cite web
|url         = http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000001-000100.pdf#29
|title       = Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Hikimi, Ahmed Umar Abdullah (released September 2007)
|date        = 6 October 2004
|author      = OARDEC
|author-link      = OARDEC
|page        = 29
|publisher   = [[United States Department of Defense]]
|accessdate  = 2007-11-28
|quote       = The detainee was captured while trying to cross into Pakistan from Afghanistan on 15 December 2001, with 30 other suspected al Qaida members.
|url-status     = dead
|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071202034259/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000001-000100.pdf#29
|archivedate = 2 December 2007
}}</ref>
|-
| '''32''' || [[Faruq Ali Ahmed]] ||
*''The Detainee was captured by Pakistani Forces as part of an organized group of 30 Mujhedeen after the fall of Tora Bora.<ref name=CsrtFaruqAhmedSummaryOfEvidence>[http://wid.ap.org/documents/detainees/faruqahmed.pdf#19 Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf)]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, from [[Faruq Ali Ahmed]]'s ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - page 19 - September 8, 2004</ref>
|-
| '''34''' || [[Al Khadr Abdallah Muhammed Al Yafi]] ||
*The detainee's name was found on a list of [[324 Arabic names]], aliases and nationalities recovered from a [[al-Qaeda safe house|safe house]] connected with suspected al Qaida in Pakistan.<ref name=Arb2SummaryOfEvidenceAlKhadrAbdallahMuhammedAlYafi>
{{Cite web
|url         = http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_1-99.pdf#56
|title       = Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Yafi, Al Khadr Abdallah Muhammed
|date        = 19 May 2006
|pages       = 56–58
|author      = OARDEC
|author-link      = OARDEC
|publisher   = [[United States Department of Defense]]
|accessdate  = 2008-01-13
|quote       = The detainee fled Afghanistan in early December 2001.  He joined a '''group of thirty-one Arabs''' guided by three guides to the Afghan/Pakistani border.  He was arrested by Pakistani border guards.
|url-status     = dead
|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080227125411/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_1-99.pdf#56
|archivedate = 27 February 2008
}}</ref>
|-
| '''38''' || [[Ridah Bin Saleh Al Yazidi]] ||
*Allegedly captured with Osama bin Laden bodyguards.<ref name=ArbSummaryOfEvidenceRidahBinSalehAlYazidi>
{{Cite web
|url         = http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_001046-001160.pdf
|title       = Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Yazidi, Ridah Bin Saleh
|date        = May 4, 2005
|pages       = 51–53
|author      = OARDEC
|author-link      = OARDEC
|publisher   = [[United States Department of Defense]]
|accessdate  = 2008-01-09
|quote       = The detainee was captured by Pakistani authorities along with thirty other Arabs, a number of them suspected of being bodyguards for Usama Bin Laden.
|url-status     = dead
|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080507045610/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_001046-001160.pdf
|archivedate = May 7, 2008
}}</ref>
|-
| '''39''' || [[Ali Hamza Ahmed Suleiman Al Bahlul]] ||
* Described as "a major prize".<ref name=GuantanamoFiles/>
* Alleged to have helped prepare a propaganda video about the [[USS Cole bombing]].
* One of the first captives to face charges before a [[Guantanamo military commission]].
|-
| '''40''' || [[Abdel Qadir Hussein Al Mudhaffari]] ||
*The detainee was a security guard for Usama Bin Laden.<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceAbdelQadirHusaynAlMudhaffari>
{{Cite web
|url         = http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000001-000100.pdf#44
|title       = Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Mudhaffari, Abdel Qadir Husayn
|date        = 20 October 2004
|author      = OARDEC
|author-link      = OARDEC
|page        = 44
|publisher   = [[United States Department of Defense]]
|accessdate  = 2007-12-03
|quote       = The detainee was captured while trying to cross into Pakistan from Afghanistan on 15 December 2001, with 30 other suspected [[al Qaida members]].
|url-status     = dead
|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071202034259/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000001-000100.pdf#44
|archivedate = 2 December 2007
}}</ref>
|-
| '''53''' || [[Saud Dakhil Allah Muslih Al Mahayawi]] ||
*Alleged [[Osama bin Laden bodyguard]].<ref name=ArbSummaryOfEvidenceSaudDakhilAllahMuslihAlMahayawi>
{{Cite web
|url         = http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000001-000098.pdf#74
|title       = Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Mahayawi, Saud Dakhil Allah Muslih
|date        = 23 June 2005
|author      = OARDEC
|author-link      = OARDEC
|pages       = 74–75
|publisher   = [[United States Department of Defense]]
|accessdate  = 2007-11-24
|quote       = The detainee was arrested as part of a group referred to as the "[[dirty thirty (Guantanamo)|Dirty 30]]."  Many of those captured were either [[Usama bin Laden bodyguard]]s or had direct association with [[Usama bin Laden]].
|url-status     = dead
|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080216095627/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000001-000098.pdf#74
|archivedate = 16 February 2008
}}</ref>
|-
| '''54''' || [[Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi]] ||
* Described as "a major prize".<ref name=GuantanamoFiles/>
* One of the first captives to face charges before a [[Guantanamo military commission]].
|-
| '''56''' || [[Abdullah Tabarak Ahmad]] ||
*Described as a follower of Osama Bin Laden, who had worked for him in Sudan, and followed him to Afghanistan.<ref name=GuantanamoFiles>
{{Cite book
| isbn=978-0745326641
| title=The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison
| url=https://archive.org/details/guantanamofiless00wort
| url-access=limited
| pages=[https://archive.org/details/guantanamofiless00wort/page/n52 40]–41
| publisher=[[Pluto Press]]
| author=Andy Worthington
| author-link=Andy Worthington
| date=October 2007
| quote=Four of them -- [[Ali Hamza al-Bahlul]], [[Ibrahim al-Qosi]], [[Abdullah Tabarak]] and [[Mohammed al-Qahtani]] -- were regarded as major prizes, although it was apparent none of them had held leadership positions in [[al-Qaeda]].
}}<!--| accessdate=2008-02-20--></ref>
*Repatriated to Morocco in 2004.
|-
| '''59''' || [[Sultan Ahmed Dirdeer Musa Al Uwaydha]] ||
|-
| '''62''' || [[Muhamad Naji Subhi Al Juhani]] ||
*The detainee's name was found on a chart listing the names of captured Mujahedin. The information was found on a hard drive associated with a senior al Qaida operative.<ref name=Arb2SummaryOfEvidenceMuhammedAlJuhani>
{{Cite web
|url         = http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_100-199.pdf#25
|title       = Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Juhani, Muhammed
|date        = 17 August 2006
|pages       = 25–26
|author      = OARDEC
|author-link      = OARDEC
|publisher   = [[United States Department of Defense]]
|accessdate  = 2008-01-19
|quote       = In December 2001, the detainee was arrested with a '''group of thirty men''' at the Pakistan border.
|url-status     = dead
|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071204203318/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_100-199.pdf#25
|archivedate = 4 December 2007
}}</ref>
|-
| '''63''' || [[Mohammed al Qahtani]] ||
* Described as "a major prize".<ref name=GuantanamoFiles/>
* The [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] acknowledged they subjected him to [[extended interrogation techniques]], because he had tried to enter the USA in August 2001, and was suspected of being one of the dozen [[20th hijacker]]s. Many other sources {{Such as?|date=November 2019}} described the treatment as torture. Those techniques included:
**Almost two months of [[sleep deprivation]], where three shifts of interrogators kept him under interrogation 18 to 20 hours per day;
**Forced nudity;
**Force-feeding, forced uses of enemas, while under shackles, forced use of stimulants, and other drugs;
**Sexual humiliation;
* One of the successes asserted by DoD spokesmen was that al Qahtani identified thirty [[Osama bin Laden bodyguard]]s during his extended interrogation.  Al Qahtani has since recanted every denunciation he made under what he described as [[torture]].
* Originally faced charges before a [[Guantanamo military commission]] in February 2008 but all charges were dropped in May 2008.
|-
| '''68''' || [[Khalid Saud Abd Al Rahman Al Bawardi]] ||
|}
==References==
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