Mohamed Tahar
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Muhammaed Yasir Ahmed Taher (1980 – March 2, 2017) was a citizen of Yemen, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[3] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 679. American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1980, in Ibb, Yemen.
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Muhammaed Yasir Ahmed Taher | |
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Born | 1980 (1980)[1] Ibb, Yemen |
Died | March 2, 2017(2017-03-02) (aged 36–37) Yemen |
Detained at | Guantanamo |
Other name(s) | |
ISN | 679 |
Charge(s) | No charge (extrajudicial detention) |
Status | Released |
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He was the younger brother of Ali Abdullah Ahmed, one of the three Guantanamo detainees who died in custody on June 10, 2006.[4][5]
He was repatriated on December 19, 2009.[6]
NBC News reported, on March 3, 2017, that he was killed by a missile launched from a surveillance drone on March 2, 2017.[7][8][9][10]