2001 To 2005 Imprisonment: Pakistan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Cuba
Habib traveled to Pakistan in 2001, hoping to find employment and religious schools for his children. He was arrested in Pakistan, deported to Egypt where he was held for 5 months, transferred to US military custody, imprisoned in Afghanistan, then sent to Camp X-ray, the United States military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. His documents from Guantanamo Bay were released by Wikileaks: http://resources.news.com.au/files/2011/04/25/1226044/528311-mamdouh-habib-file.pdf
A Pentagon spokesman said that Habib was a terrorist who spent his trip across the border in Afghanistan, "either supporting hostile forces, or on the battlefield fighting illegally against the U.S.".
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