Faylaka Island attack

In October 2002 two Kuwaiti citizens with ties to jihadist in Afghanistan launched the Faylaka Island attack against United States Marines. The Marines were on a training exercise on Failaka Island, an island off the cost of Kuwait, on a training exercise. One Marine was killed, and another was seriously injured. The two Kuwaitis, Anas Al Kandari and Jassem al-Hajiri were also killed. There were reported to have served as volunteers with the Taliban, in Afghanistan, prior to the American response to the attacks of September 11, 2001.

The Marines rifles were loaded with blank rounds for the training exercise. But they were able to engage their Kuwaiti attackers with their pistols. Prior to the 1991 Gulf War the island was a resort, but, in 2002, the war damage had not been repaired.

Guantanamo captives alleged to have an association with the Faylaka Island attack
A number of the captives held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo had their continued detention justified, in part, through a friendship or family relationship with the two attackers.


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! isn || name || nationality || alleged association
 * + Guantanamo captives alleged to have an association with the Faylaka Island attack
 * 196 || Musa Bin Ali Bin Said al Amri || Saudi Arabia ||
 * One of detainee's aliases was in another hard drive believed to belong to members of the suspected al Qaida cell involved with the October 2002 attack on US Marines in Faylaka Island.
 * The detainee's name was listed on a computer seized from members of the suspected al Qaida cell involved in the October 2002 attack on United States Marines on Faylaka Island.
 * 226 || Anwar al Nurr || Saudi Arabia ||
 * The detainee's name and other information was found in a 2 September 2002 "chat session" found on the hard drive of a computer confiscated from members of the suspected al Qaida cell involved in the October 2002 attack on U.S. Marines on Faylaka Island.
 * The detainee's name was discovered as part of information that was recovered from hard drives, which were seized from the suspected al Qaida cell that attacked the United States Marines on Faylaka Island in October 2002.
 * 234 || Khalid Mohammed al Zaharni || Saudi Arabia ||
 * The detainee's name was found under a chat session on a computer hard drive seized from the suspected al Qaida cell that attacked the U.S. Marines on Faylaka Island in October 2002.
 * 568 || Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil || Kuwait ||
 * The detainee was invited to the house of a man involved in the October 2002 attack on U.S. Marines on Faylaka Island, Kuwait.
 * }
 * 568 || Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil || Kuwait ||
 * The detainee was invited to the house of a man involved in the October 2002 attack on U.S. Marines on Faylaka Island, Kuwait.
 * }
 * }