Samir Naji Al Hasan Moqbel Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel is a citizen of Yemen , held in extrajudicial detention in the United States ' s Guantanamo Bay detention camp s , in Cuba . His Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 043 . The Department of Defense reports Moqbel was born on December 1 , 1977 , in Ta ' iz , Yemen . On April 15 , 2013 , the New York Times published an Op - ed by Moqbel titled " Gitmo is killing me " . In it he described that he would not eat " until they restore my dignity . " He wrote that he had lost 30 pounds and described how it feels being force fed . " As it was thrust in , it made me feel like throwing up . I wanted to vomit , but I couldn ' t , " Moqbel wrote . " There was agony in my chest , throat and stomach . I had never experienced such pain before . I would not wish this cruel punishment upon anyone . " His Op - Ed stirred wide commentary . Background . Moqbel arrived at Guantanamo on January 11 , 2002 , and has been held at Guantanamo for In the Op - Ed Moqbel described traveling to Afghanistan to look for work , as he only earned $ 50 US $ per month in Yemen . He said he was misled , could not find work in Afghanistan . He denied any association with terrorism . Historian Andy Worthington noted that Moqbel mocked the extensive justifications offered for his detention , that he had been an Osama bin Laden bodyguard ; that he had travelled all over Afghanistan – when he had only arrived in Afghanistan a month prior to his capture . In his April 2013 Op - ed Moqbel described what it was like to be force - fed at Guantánamo Bay . Glen Greenwald , writing in " The Guardian " , praised the " New York Times " for publishing Moqbel ' s Op - Ed , which he described as one of the most powerful his readers would ever read . The " Daily Mail " repeated Moqbel ' s description that the force - feedings he was being made to endure had triggered him pain never experienced before . " I would not wish this cruel punishment upon anyone . " Moqbel wrote : " I will never forget the first time they passed the feeding tube up my nose . I can ’ t describe how painful it is to be force - fed this way . As it was thrust in , it made me feel like throwing up . I wanted to vomit , but I couldn ’ t . " Official status reviews . Originally the Bush Presidency asserted that captives apprehended in the " " war on terror " " were not covered by the Geneva Conventions , and could be held indefinitely , without charge , and without an open and transparent review of the justifications for their detention . In 2004 the United States Supreme Court ruled , in Rasul v . Bush , that Guantanamo captives were entitled to being informed of the allegations justifying their detention , and were entitled to try to refute them . Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants . Following the Supreme Court ' s ruling the Department of Defense set up the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants . Memos containing the allegations that the DoD thought justified his detention were prepared for formal administrative hearings in 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 and 2008 . These memos were all published under the Freedom of Information Act . The DoD also published a seven page transcript from Moqbel ' s 2004 hearing and a memo Moqbel prepared for his 2006 hearing . Scholars at the Brookings Institute , led by Benjamin Wittes , listed the captives still held in Guantanamo in December 2008 , according to whether their detention was justified by certain common allegations : Formerly secret Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment . On April 25 , 2011 , whistleblower organization WikiLeaks published formerly secret assessments drafted by Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts . " The Telegraph " published Moqbel ' s 10 page assessment , which had been drafted in April 2008 . His assessment was signed by camp commandant Mark H . Buzby , and recommended Moqbel ' s continued detention . " The Telegraph " quoted from his JTF - GTMO assessment , the claim that Moqbil had acknowledged participating in hostilities . JTF - GTMO assessed him as having served in the 55th Arab Brigade , as well as Osama bin Laden ' s bodyguard team . JTF - GTMO assessed him as having participated at the Battle of Tora Bora . JTF - GTMO called him as a member of the dirty thirty . They claimed he had trained at the Al Farouq training camp , and that he had staffed al Qaeda guesthouses . They claimed his name was found on a suspicious list . They claimed " " he acknowledged he was recruited by known al - Qaida member , Marwan Jawan , who also facilitated his travel to Afghanistan . " " " Russia Today " pointed out that the JTF - GTMO assessment said " " Moqbel poses a low threat to prison personnel and is of only medium intelligence value . " " Habeas corpus petition . A writ of habeas corpus was filed on Samir Naji Al Hasan Moqbel ' s behalf . The Military Commissions Act of 2006 mandated that Guantanamo captives were no longer entitled to access the US civil justice system , so all outstanding habeas corpus petitions were stayed . On June 12 , 2008 the United States Supreme Court ruled , in Boumediene v . Bush , that the Military Commissions Act could not remove the right for Guantanamo captives to access the US Federal Court system . And all previous Guantanamo captives ' habeas petitions were eligible to be re - instated . The judges considering the captives ' habeas petitions would be considering whether the evidence used to compile the allegations the men and boys were enemy combatants justified a classification of " enemy combatant " . On 15 July 2008 Kristine A . Huskey filed a " " NOTICE OF PETITIONERS ’ REQUEST FOR 30 - DAYS NOTICE OF TRANSFER " " on behalf of several dozen captives including Samir Naji Al Hasan Moqbel .