Hassan bin Attash

Who is Hassan bin Attash?

Hassan Mohammed Ali bin Attash is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts estimate that bin Attash was born in 1985, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

As of July 11, 2012, Hassan Mohammed Ali bin Attash has been held at Guantanamo for seven years ten months.

Attash was just sixteen or seventeen when he was captured. Hassin is the brother of Waleed Mohammed bin Attash, who has also been described as an inmate in the CIA's network of secret prisons. Hassin too claims he spent time in the other prisons, including "the dark prison", prior to being detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.