1. Awal Gul was a citizen of Afghanistan who died in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba after nine years of imprisonment without charge.
12 Facts About Awal Gul
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The Department of Defense reports Awal Gul was born on July 1,1962.
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Mr Awal Gul was never an enemy of the United States in any way.
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The government never even made these claims until now, when Mr Awal Gul is not alive to defend himself.
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Mr Awal Gul was given two options: flee with your family to Pakistan or stay home and operate the depot at the command of the Taliban.
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Mr Awal Gul discovered this change over time and resigned from the Taliban more than one year before September 11,2001.
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Awal Gul was arrested in December 2001 when he voluntarily traveled to meet American military officials.
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Awal Gul is one of the Guantanamo detainees whose medical records, and arrival date, were not made public.
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Awal Gul told his Tribunal he thought he surrendered on February 10,2002.
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Awal Gul had a habeas corpus petition filed on his behalf.
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Awal Gul's attorneys have maintained that "we have no way of knowing whether the government is telling us the truth" about Gul's death.
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Awal Gul's body was wrapped in white cloth, but his face and beard were visible inside the coffin, which was buried in Jalalabad, east of Kabul.