Ravil Gumarov
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Ravil Gumarov is a Russian citizen who is alleged to have ties to terrorism.[1] Gumarov was one of eight Russians held by the United States in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.
Gumarov's detainee ISN is 203.[2] The Department of Defense reports Gumaraov's date of birth as November 22, 1962.
Gumarov was repatriated to Russian custody, cleared, then released.[3] He was subsequently rearrested for suspicion of an act of sabotage.
Gumarov, fellow Guantanamo detainee Timur Ishmuratov and Fanis Shaikhutdinov were convicted of bombing a natural gas pipeline on May 9, 2006.[4]
Gumarov has been described as a failed businessman from Sverdlovsk.[5] Gumarov is alleged to have had military training in Chechnya.
[edit] References
- ^ Former Guantanamo Bay Detainee Arrested In Moscow, Radio Free Europe, March 9, 2006
- ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
- ^ US handed Russia seven Russian members of Taliban, Pravda, January 3, 2004
- ^ 3 terrorism suspects convicted in bombing, International Herald Tribune, May 9, 2006
- ^ Eight Russian Citizens Kept at Guantanamo Base, Pravda, September 8, 2003
