Asif Iqbal (Guantanamo detainee)

Asif Iqbal (born 24 April 1981) is a British citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention as a terror suspect in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba from early 2002 to 9 March 2004.

Asif Iqbal
Born (1981-04-24) 24 April 1981
West Bromwich, West Midlands, England
Arrested2001
Pakistan
Released9 March 2004
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Detained at Sheberghan; Guantanamo
ISN87
Charge(s)extrajudicial detention
Statusreleased

He is one of the Tipton Three, three friends from the same town who were captured together in Afghanistan. Their story was portrayed in the docu-drama, Road to Guantanamo (2006).

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