Omar Rajab Amin

Omar Rajab Amin

There were initially twelve Kuwaiti detainees in Guantanamo. As of January 12, 2008 four Kuwaitis remained in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. A total of 778 detainees have been held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11, 2002 The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. Only nineteen new detainees, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush. As of September 2012, 167 detainees remain at Guantanamo.

The Associated Press reported that Rola Dashti, a member of a human rights delegation which met with Bush in Jerusalem, said Bush said two of the remaining four Kuwaitis would face charges before Guantanamo military commissions. According to Dashti:

He (Bush) said two (Kuwaitis) will be charged and he will work toward releasing the other two if there aren't any accusations against them.

According to Khaled al-Odah, one of the remaining men's father, the remaining men are: Fawzi al Odah, Fouad al Rabia, Khaled al Mutairi, and Faiz al Kandari.

On March 30, 2008 Arab Times reports that the USA has agreed to return two of the remaining four detainees. Kuwaiti security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the remaining two detainees were expected to be charged before Guantanamo military commissions. http://www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=15930&ccid=9