Batch 10
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Batch 10 is a name journalist have given to the tenth batch of former Saudi captives to be repatriated to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

n custody.
Five of the fourteen captives in this group repatriated to Saudi captivity on November 9, 2007 were among the eleven former Guantanamo captives to be listed on the 85 men on the Saudi list of most wanted terrroist suspects, published on February 3, 2009.
One of the cohort, Said Ali al-Shihri
Said Ali al-Shihri
Sa'id Ali Jabir Al Khathim Al Shihri was a Saudi Arabian deputy leader of the militant group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and possibly involved in the kidnappings and murders of foreigners in Yemen...

, became second in command of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

According to Peter Taylor
Peter Taylor (Journalist)
Peter Taylor born in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire is a British journalist and documentary-maker who had covered for many years the political and armed conflict in Northern Ireland, widely known as the Troubles...

, reporting for the BBC, his team found that the cohort of Saudis repatriated in November 2007 problematic.
He reported that many of these captives were not rehabilitated.
He reported that five of the fourteen men in batch 10 escaped to Yemen
Yemen
The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....

, and joined jihadists there.
The version of the men's names were Mohammed al-Awfi, Said al-Shihri, Yussef al-Shihri, Murtadha Ali Saeed Magram and Turki Meshawi Zayid al-Assiri.
Said al-Shihri and Mohammed al-Awfi appeared in an alarming video in January 2009. Said al-Shihri took a leadership role in Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
Yussef al-Shihri was killed in a shoot-out with Saudi security officials. He is alleged to have tried to cross the Saudi border dressed in a Burkha, an all-encompassing female garment, armed with a suicide belt.
Taylor reports that Murtadha Ali Saeed Magram and Turki Meshawi Zayid al-Assiri remain at large.
The other nine men repatriated in batch 10 were:
Zaid Muhamamd Sa'id Al Husayn
Zaid Muhamamd Sa'id Al Husayn
Zaid Muhamamd Sa'id Al Husayn is a citizen of Jordan held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.Al Husayn's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 50....

,
Sultan Ahmed Dirdeer Musa Al Uwaydha
Sultan Ahmed Dirdeer Musa Al Uwaydha
Sultan Ahmed Dirdeer Musa Al Uwaydha is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba...

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Khalid Saud Abd Al Rahman Al Bawardi
Khalid Saud Abd Al Rahman Al Bawardi
Khalid Albawardi is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.American intelligence analysts estimate that he was born in 1977, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia....

,
Faha Sultan
Faha Sultan
Faha Sultan is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 130....

,
Fahd Umr Abd Al Majid Al Sharif
Fahd Umr Abd Al Majid Al Sharif
-Transcript:Al Sharif chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order, the Department of Defense published a twelve page summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal....

,
Nayif Abdallah Ibrahim Al Nukhaylan
Nayif Abdallah Ibrahim Al Nukhaylan
The following primary factors favor release or transfer-Second annual Administrative Review Board:A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Nayif Abdallah Ibrahim Al Nukhaylan's second annual Administrative Review Board on February 21, 2006....

,
Abdullah Abd Al Mu'in Al Wafti
Abdullah Abd Al Mu'in Al Wafti
Abdullah Abd Al Mu'in Al Wafti is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 262.-Combatant Status Review Tribunal:...

,
Hani Saiid Mohammad Al Khalif
Hani Saiid Mohammad Al Khalif
Hani Saiid Mohammad Al Khalifis a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 438....


and Jabir Hasan Muhamed Al Qahtani.
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