Abdallah al - Ajmi Abdallah Saleh Ali Al Ajmi ( 2 August 1978 – 23 March 2008 ) was a Kuwaiti citizen , who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camp s , in Cuba . His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 220 . Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter - terrorism analysts reports indicated that he was born on 2 August 1978 , in Almadi , Kuwait . On 2 September 2003 , attorneys Thomas Wilner , Neil H . Koslowe , Kristine A . Huskey , and Heather Lamberg Kafele filed a Petition for writ of Certiorari on behalf of Al Ajmi and eleven other Guantanamo detainees . In March or April 2008 , Al Ajmi conducted a suicide attack in Iraq . Combatant Status Review . A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his tribunal . The memo accused him of the following : Abdullah Saleh Ali Al Ajmi v . United States of America . A writ of habeas corpus , Abdullah Saleh Ali Al Ajmi v . United States of America , was submitted on Abdullah Saleh Ali Al Ajmi ' s behalf . In response , on 15 September 2004 , the Department of Defense released 12 pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal . Al Ajmi ' s " enemy combatant " status was confirmed by Tribunal panel 2 on 2 August 2004 — making his own of the first cases to be confirmed . Detainee election form . Al Ajmi ' s Personal Representative ' s Detainee election form stated that they met for twenty minutes , and recorded in its notes section : Earned mention in the " No - hearing hearings " study . According to the study entitled , No - hearing hearings , Al Ajmi was the first captive to have his Tribunal convened . His Tribunal was convened on 2 August 2004 . The study notes : Summary of Evidence memo . A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abdallah Salih Ali Al Ajmi ' s Administrative Review Board , on 4 February 2005 . The memo listed eleven " primary factors favor [ ing ] continued detention " . " The following primary factors favor continued detention " " The following primary factors favor release or transfer " Transcript . Al Ajmi ' s Board hearing convened on 4 February 2005 . In the Spring of 2006 , in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a twenty - five page summarized transcript from his Administrative Review Board hearing . Board recommendations . In early September 2007 the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos , from his Board , to Gordon R . England , the Designated Civilian Official . The Board ' s recommendation was unanimous . The Board ' s recommendation was redacted . England authorized his transfer on 20 May 2005 . Repatriation and acquittal . Al Ajmi was repatriated to Kuwait and taken into Kuwaiti custody on 3 November 2005 . Al Ajmi was freed , on bail , while he awaited trial . The five men trial began in March 2006 , and were acquitted on 22 July 2006 . " The Washington Post " reported that the two main charges were that the detainees had helped fund Al Wafa , an Afghan charity with ties to Al Qaeda , and that they had fought alongside the Taliban . Further , the prosecution argued that the detainees actions had endangered Kuwait ' s political standing and its relations with friendly nations . The detainees ' defense had argued that testimony secured in Guantanamo could not be used in Kuwaiti courts , because the detainees and interrogators had not signed them . Furthermore , they had argued that the allegations the USA had directed at them were not violations of Kuwaiti law . In an October 2011 article about the torture of other former captives from Kuwait , " CNN " ' s Jenifer Fenton reported that people who knew him " " described him as unstable when he returned from Guantanamo . " " Suicide bombing after release . On 1 May 2008 , Al Ajmi ' s cousin told Al Arabiya television that Al Ajmi had carried out a suicide bombing in Mosul , Iraq . On 2 May 2008 , " The International Herald Tribune " reported that the three most recent suicide bombings in Mosul occurred on 26 April 2008 , and killed seven people . According to the report , Al Ajmi ' s cousin said that Al Ajmi had disappeared " two weeks ago " . However , a 2009 " The Washington Post " article reported that Al Ajmi killed himself in a suicide bombing on 23 March 2008 , which killed 13 Iraqi policemen . A " CNN " report from October 2011 said the attack " " . . . left six people dead , including two police officers . " " . Defense Intelligence Agency claims he " returned to terrorism " . The Defense Intelligence Agency asserted Abdallah Salih al - Ajmi had " returned to terrorism " . The DIA reported : References . < div class = " references - small " >