Abdulhadi al-Iraqi

Al-Iraqi was born in Mosul to a Sunni Arab family in 1961. He served in the Iraqi Army and fought in the Iran–Iraq War. He later travelled to Afghanistan to fight the Soviet invasion. ==Alleged terrorism activities==

According to information about him provided by the Pentagon, Hadi was a key paramilitary commander in Afghanistan during the late 1990s before taking charge of cross-border attacks against the US and coalition troops from 2002 to 2004. He was accused of commanding attacks on Afghanistan coalition forces and involvement in plots to assassinate Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. Following the American invasion in 2001, he clashed with Ahmed Khadr arguing that front line battle would prove more useful than guerilla tactics around Shagai, Pakistan. The most recent U.S. State Department wanted poster That person was also described as a training camp commander. However, despite these coincidences, the two suspects are now known to be distinct people. Despite the report that Abd al-Hadi spoke several regional languages, several of the charges against Abdul Zahir stem from him serving as a translator for Abd al-Hadi. A captured letter dated June 13, 2002, and thought to be from Saif al-Adel, mentions an Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi who is relatively senior in al-Qaeda and is at large (probably in Afghanistan) at the time of that writing. The US DoD statement says that Abdul-Hadi "during 2002–04, was in charge of cross-border attacks in Afghanistan" and that before his capture, he "was trying to return to his native country, Iraq, to manage al-Qai`da's affairs and possibly focus on operations outside Iraq against Western targets". ==Capture==

On April 27, 2007, it was reported that he was detained at Guantanamo Bay. He was previously held by the CIA. According to BBC News, US sources told them that al-Iraqi was arrested "late last year", meaning in 2006. On September 6, 2006, US President George W. Bush officially confirmed that the CIA maintained a secret network of overseas interrogation camps when he announced that fourteen "high value detainees" had been transferred to Guantanamo from those secret camps. Although judges Peter Brownback and Keith J. Allred had ruled two months earlier that only "illegal enemy combatants" could face military commissions, the Department of Defense waived the qualifier and said that all fourteen men could now face charges before Guantanamo military commissions. ==Medical condition==

Al-Iraqi suffers from a spinal condition. Camp authorities flew in a neuro-surgical team for an emergency operation, hours before Cuba was struck by Hurricane Irma. According to Carol Rosenberg, writing in the Miami Herald, his lawyers blamed the severity of his spinal condition on a decade of medical mistreatment. On the other hand, military spokespeople used him as an example of the high-quality treatment the USA provides to captives. According to his lawyers, a CT scan performed in January 2017 pointed out the need for surgery. Camp authorities only scheduled his surgery after he couldn't feel his legs anymore and could no longer control his urination or defecation. On September 15, 2017, his lawyers announced that he needed another surgery on his spine and in his neck. ==References==