Ramzi Binalshibh
| Ramzi bin al-Shibh | |
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FBI photo of al-Shibh
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| Born |
May 1, 1972 Ghayl Bawazir, Eastern Yemen |
| Detained at | CIA black sites, Guantanamo |
| ISN | 10013 |
| Charge(s) | Charged before a military commission in 2008; trial started in October 2012 |
| Ramzi bin al-Shibh | |
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| Nationality | Yemeni |
| Occupation | terrorist |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |
 Al-Qaeda
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| Service/branch |
Al-Qaeda central (1990s-present) |
| Years of service | 1990s-2002 |
| Rank |
AQ officer and communicator War in North-West Pakistan Afghan civil war |
AQ officer and communicator War in North-West Pakistan
Ramzi bin al-Shibh (Arabic: رمزي بن الشيبة, Ramzī bin ash-Shībah; also transliterated as bin al-Shaibah) (born May 1, 1972) is a Yemeni citizen being held by the United States as an enemy combatant detainee at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He is accused of being a "key facilitator for the September 11 attacks" in 2001 in the United States.
In the mid-1990s, bin al-Shibh moved as a student to Hamburg, Germany, where he allegedly became close friends with Mohamed Atta, Ziad Jarrah and Marwan al-Shehhi. Together, they are suspected of forming the Hamburg cell and becoming central perpetrators of the September 11 attacks. He was the only one of the four who failed to obtain a US visa; he is accused of acting as an intermediary for the hijackers in the United States, by wiring money and passing on information from key al-Qaeda figures. After the attacks, bin al-Shibh was the first to be publicly identified by the US as the "20th hijacker", of whom there have been several more likely candidates.
Bin al-Shibh has been in United States custody since he was captured on 11 September 2002, in Karachi, Pakistan. He was held by the CIA in black sites in Morocco before being transferred to Guantanamo Bay in September 2006. Finally charged in 2008 before a military commission, he and several others suspected in the 9/11 attacks went to trial beginning in May 2012.
Ramzi bin al-Shibh was born in Hadhramaut province in Yemen. When he was young, his family moved to a working-class neighborhood in the capital, Sana'a. In 1987, his father died. He was cared for by his older brother, Ahmed, and his mother.
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