Raouf Hannachi

Born in Tunisia, Raouf Hannachi is a Canadian citizen who served as the Muezzin at Assuna Mosque in Montreal, and was later detained by the United States government at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.Bell, Stewart. National Post, "Dozens of Canadians join Jihad Terror Camps", October 25 2003] [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060310.GITMO10/TPStory/National Third Montrealer on detainee list at Guantanamo] , "Globe and Mail", March 10 2006] He was turned over to Tunisian officials in October 2001 and jailed. [http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmld2003/D33197.htm#2 The Charkaoui Case] , "Communist Party of Canada, Marxist-Leninist"]

Hannachi became a Canadian citizen in 1986, and lived in Montreal with his wife. [Amnesty International, [http://aiscf-tunisie.antigone.koumbit.org/aiscf-tunisie/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=15 Raouf Hannachi: un citoyen canadien emprisonné en Tunisie depuis plus de 2 ans et 4 mois] , January 2006]

When Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded by American intelligence officers, he offered up Hannachi's name among the hundreds of others he listed as conspirators.Bell, Stewart. National Post, "Dozens of Canadians join Jihad Terror Camps", October 25 2003]

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