Death in Custody
Main article: Guantanamo Bay homicide accusations See also: Guantanamo suicide attemptsOn June 10, 2006 the DoD reported that three Guantanamo detainees, two Saudis, and one Yemeni committed suicide. DoD spokesmen refrained from releasing the dead men's identities.
The next day, June 11, 2006, Saudi authorities released the names of the two Saudi men. Later that day the DoD released the names of all three men. The dead Yemeni man was identified, for the first time, by the DoD, as Ali Abdullah Ahmed. The dead Saudis were identified as Yasser Talal Al Zahrani and Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi.
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