Guantanamo Connection
Following the United States Supreme Court ruling in Rasul v. Bush, the United States Department of Defense was forced to conduct reviews of the combatant status of the captives held in extrajudicial detention in its Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
The allegations that Guantanamo counter-terror analysts offered to justify the detention of several of these captives assert that they had an association with Sami Essid, or the Sami Essid Network.
Alleged connections between Sami Essid and Guantanamo captives
| Ridah Bin Saleh Al Yazidi |
- Two of the allegations against Ridah Bin Saleh Al Yazidi were:
- "The detainee attemded the Islamic Cultural Institute in Milan. One of the leaders of the mosque was Sheikh Anwar Sha'ban who spoke frequently of the Jihad ongoing in Bosnia. Sheikh Anwar Sha'ban was subsequently killed in the fighting in Jihad in Bosnia.
- "The Italian Islamic Culltural Institute, referred to as ICI, was shut down by Italian authorities for housing the Sami Essid Ben Khemais network, which is the core for the Tunisian Combat Group in Italy.
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| Adel Ben Mabrouk |
- Two of the allegations against Adel Ben Mabrouk were:
- "The detainee was a member of the Sami Essid Network."
- "The Sami Essid Network provides financial support to terrorist groups."
- Mabrouk denied any knowledge of the Sami Essid Network.
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| Lufti Bin Ali |
- Two of the allegations against Lufti Bin Ali were:
- "The detainee met Pakistanis from the ICI Mosque in Milan who were trying to recruit people to go to Pakistan and Afghanistan."
- "The Islamic Cultural Institute was known as the ICI. This mosque was shut down by Italian authorities for housing the Sami Essid Ben Khemais network, which is the core for the Tunisian Combat Group (TCG) in Italy."
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