Abdulla Majid Al Naimi Born on March 9 , 1982 , in Manama , Bahrain , Abdulla Majid Al Naimi " ( also transliterated as Abdullah al Noaimi ) " is a Bahraini , formerly held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp s , in Cuba . Inconsistent identification . Abdulla Majid Al Naimi was identified inconsistently on official Department of Defense documents : Press reports transliterate his name as " Abdullah Al Nuaimi " . Witness statements . The documents the Department of Defense released include two statements , both dated November 11 , 2004 . One statement was from Mohammed Salman Al - Khalifa , a cousin of Salman Al Khalifa , a member of the Bahrain royal family . It states since Abdullah Al Noaimi was a childhood friend of Salman Al Khalifa he was asked to travel to Pakistan and Afghanistan to look for him , when he went missing , in August 2001 . The other statement is from Mohamad Suleiman Alkaleifa , a childhood friend who testified to his good character , and lack of interest in politics . If his Board considered these witness statements then it was redacted from their recommendations . Abdullah AL Noaimi v . George Walker Bush . A writ of habeas corpus was submitted on Abdullah Al Noaimi ' s behalf . The Department of Defense released a dossier of 24 pages of documents arising from his CSR Tribunal on 9 December 2004 . Summary of Evidence memo . A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abdullah Al Noaimi ' s Administrative Review Board , on July 1 , 2005 . The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention . There is no record that Al Noaimi participated in his Board hearing . Board recommendations . In early September 2007 , the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos , from his Board , to Gordon J . England , the Designated Civilian Official . The Board ' s recommendation was unanimous The Board ' s recommendation was redacted . England authorized his transfer on 4 October 2005 . Release . Represented by attorney Joshua Colangelo - Bryan , al - Naimi was one of three Bahraini detainees released and sent back to Bahrain in November 2005 . Bahraini Member of Parliament Mohammed Khalid had called for the Bahrain government to provide financial compensation to the released men . Comments on the June 10 , 2006 suicides . The deaths of three detainees were announced on June 10 , 2006 . Al Naimi knew the three men , and commented on their deaths on June 25 , 2006 . Al Naimi said that Mani Al - Utaybi and Ali Abdullah Ahmed were captured while studying in Pakistan . He said that they were interrogated for only a brief time after their arrival in Guantanamo , and their interrogators had told them they were not regarded as a threat , and that they could expect to be released . Al Naimi said that the third dead man , Yasser Talal Al Zahrani , was only 16 when he was captured . According to Al Naimi Al Zahrani should have been treated as a minor . Saudi arrest . The " Gulf Daily News " reports that he was arrested in Saudi Arabia in late October 2008 . Bahraini Member of Parliament Mohammed Khalid expressed dismay at the arrest of a third former Guantanamo captive by Saudi authorities , and said that the Saudis had not offered a formal justification for his arrest . In late November 2008 another Bahraini in extrajudicial detention in Saudi Arabia , Khalil Janahi , was reported to have been repatriated . Mohammed Janahi described Khalid Janahi ' s repatriation as a hopeful development for Al Naimi , and two other Bahrainis in extrajudicial detention in Saudi Arabia - - Abdulraheem Al Murbati , and Hassan Al Yabis . Al Naimi and the other men remained held by Saudi Arabia in April 2009 . On August 2 , 2010 , " Newsblaze " reported on an incident where Bahraini police had been recorded beating a Saudi citizen . " Newsblaze " speculated that Saudi officials had not complained about the incident because Saudi Arabia did not want to explain its detentin of Naomi , Khalil Janahi , and Abdurrahim Al Murbati . Pentagon claim he had " returned to the fight " . On May 20 , 2009 , the " New York Times " , citing an unreleased Pentagon document , reported that Department of Defense officials claimed Abdullah al Noaimi was one of 74 former Guantanatmo captives who " " are engaged in terrorism or militant activity . " "