Alleged Taliban Member Detained in Guantanamo Bay Dies of Cancer
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Monday, December 31, 2007
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Dec. 30 -- An Afghan detainee and alleged member of the Taliban died in custody Sunday after an illness at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said.
The detainee, identified as Abdul Razzak, 68, had been undergoing chemotherapy treatments since October, the military's Southern Command said in a statement from its Miami headquarters. He was diagnosed with colorectal cancer after complaining of abdominal pain in September.
Razzak was accused of being a Taliban driver and commander of a Taliban cell in Afghanistan. He arrived at Guantanamo Bay in January 2003 following his capture that same month, a military spokesman said.
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