Guantanamo Bay prisoner may be victim of mistaken identity

A Yemeni prisoner at the US base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba appears to have been the victim of mistaken identity, suspected of being a significant member of al Qaeda and not just a low-level Islamic fighter, officials said in documents.

The documents were part of a packet of materials produced for the Periodic Review Board, a panel of government officials deciding whether prisoner Mustafa al-Aziz al-Shamiri can be released as part of larger effort to reduce the number of men held and eventually close the prison

A “detainee profile” of the 37-year-old prisoner concludes he was an Islamic fighter who fought in several jihadist theatres, including Afghanistan, and associated with members of al Qaeda.