Yemeni Gitmo detainee’s body emptied prior to repatriation Al-Salimi’s Gitmo suicide denied

SANA’A, June 18 – Ali Abdullah Al-Salimi denied that his son Salah Addin, who U.S. authorities at the Guantánamo Bay detention center in Cuba declared dead by suicide, committed such an act, saying, “I don’t believe the story that my son committed suicide. He couldn’t do so because he was Muslim and true Muslims don’t commit suicide, as this is prohibited in Islam. My son was strongly devoted to his faith and religion.”

Instead, the father asserted that U.S. soldiers killed his son and said he won’t bury him until his body is checked legitimately by an international committee. He also sent a cable of condolence to the friendly American people for “the death of their consciences” as he said. He called upon them to reconsider and not make Arab and Islamic people hate and detest them, emphasizing that they should reconsider the situation at Guantánamo and other U.S. detainments.

In a press conference last Sunday, Yemeni Parliament members and lawyers denied the U.S. story regarding Salah Addin’s suicide, demanding a fact-finding committee to disclose the truth and requesting Yemen’s government to move for releasing other Yemeni Guantánamo detainees.

Najeeb Ghanem, former Minister of Health and head of Parliament’s Health and Population Committee, declared that Salah Addin’s body was emptied of all that could provide information about his death, including his blood vessels, bowels, brain, heart and liver, which he alleged U.S. specialists intentionally removed. He further noted that the U.S.-issued death certificate states Al-Salimi was dead as he hung himself stressing that HOOD might consult international experts to investigate into this matter. >>>cont

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