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al-qahtani in may 2001 kharj , saudi arabia held in guantanamo guantanamo 150px charged ; new charges in february 2008 ; charges dropped in may 2008 19 november 1979 63 mohammed al quahtani.jpg mohammed al-qahtani
 mohammed al-qahtani
mohammed al-qahtani

mohammed mana ahmed al-qahtani -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- sometimes transliterated as al-kahtani -rrb- -lrb- born november 19 , 1979 -rrb- is a saudi citizen who has been detained as an enemy combatant since june 2002 in the united states 's guantanamo bay detention camps in cuba .
qahtani allegedly tried to enter the united states to take part in the september 11 attacks as the 20th hijacker .
he was refused entry due to suspicions that he was trying to immigrate .
he was later captured in afghanistan in the fall of 2001 .
after military commissions were authorized by congress , in february 2008 , qahtani was charged on numerous counts .
in may the charges were dropped without prejudice .
new charges were filed against him in november 2008 and dropped in january 2009 , as evidence had been obtained through torture and was inadmissible in court .
this was the first time an official of the bush administration had admitted any torture of detainees at guantanamo .
in a `` washington post '' interview in january 2009 , susan crawford of the department of defense said that the us government had so abused qahtani through isolation , sleep deprivation , forced nudity and exposure to cold that he was in a `` life-threatening condition . ''
