Mistaken Guantanamo Bay detainee

A militant who fought for the Taliban in Afghanistan and has been held without charge at Guantanamo Bay for 13 years   may have beenmust have beenshould have been  the victim of mistaken identity, according to U.S. defense officials.

Mustafa Abd-al-Qawi was captured in 2002 and   should have beenmust have beencould have been  an al Qaeda facilitator or courier, and trainer, the Department of Defense said in a document submitted Tuesday as part of a periodic review of his detention.

"We now judge that these activities were carried out by other known extremists" with similar names or aliases, the profile of the Yemeni detainee dated Sept. 25 added.

"Fragmentary reporting" did link the 37-year-old to fighting in Bosnia in 1995, meaning that he   may havemust not haveshould have  taken part in the Yugoslav civil war. He also told interrogators that he fought in the civil war in his homeland in 1996 and in Afghanistan with the Taliban from 2000 to 2001, according to the document.

But while al-Shamiri "probably took explosives training at a camp in Afghanistan" and may have stayed at a safe house with operatives who planned al Qaeda's October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, he   must not havecouldn’t havemay have  been part of the operation, since he wasn’t in Yemen at the time.

The detainee felt "remorse for choosing the wrong path early in life," according to a statement. "During his time in detention, he has attended English and art classes, in addition to acquiring carpentry and cooking skills. He   can’tcouldn'tshouldn't  be the same person that he was when he arrived at Guantanamo."

The statement added: "He wants to make a life for himself. He is aware that Yemen is not an option and he is willing to go to any country that will accept him. He   mustmaycan't  realize that he won’t be able to return to Yemen."

The Defense Department's detainee profile from September suggested that al-Shamiri was "supportive of fighting to protect other Muslims, but not of global jihad. He   mightmustshould  still be a slight threat, but not enough to warrant his continued stay at Guantanamo."