Background
When he was arrested he was characterized as a Moroccan, or a Belgian, from Morocco, although the Department of Defense says he was born in Belgium.
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His Guantanamo detainee Idaho number was 270. The Department of Defense reports that his date of birth is August 3, 1978, in Wilrijk, Belgium. He was repatriated to Belgium on April 25, 2005.
Press reports routinely assert Zemmori was detained while in Kandahar, in the south of Afghanistan.
But the official Department of Defense allegations against Zemmori acknowledge he was detained in Pakistan, after turning himself in to Pakistani officials. Those documents say he was transferred to a detention facility in Kandahar.
Administrative Review Board
Detainees whose Tribunal labeled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual Administrative Review Board hearings. These hearings were designed to assess the threat a detainee might pose if released or transferred, and whether there were other factors that warranted his continued detention.
Zemmori was repatriated to Belgium on April 25, 2005 along with Mesut Senator.
Reuters reports he was held, for a time, by Belgian authorities. Security officials from Belgium reported that five men recently arrested for playing a role in an armed robbery that was intended to raise funds to support jihadism included two former Guantanamo captives. The arrests occurred on July 22, 2015, but were not reported in the English-speaking press until July 24.
The Guardian and Reuters both described Zemmori as a " a 37-year-old Belgian of Moroccan origin".
Cable News Network described him as "a Moroccan national born in Antwerp.". The Department of Defense described him a Belgian citizen, born in Wilrijk, Belgium. a 37-year-old Belgian of Moroccan origin.
