Shafiq Rasul, et al.,
Petitioners
Joseph Margulies, Counsel of RecordShafiq Rasul, Asif Iqbal, Mamdouth Habib, and David Hicks were captured and detained by U.S. allies in action related to the U.S. military operation to topple the Taliban in Afghanistan in late 2001. Since early 2002, they have been in the custody of the United States at Guantánamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba. The United States alleges that British citizens Rasul and Iqbal and Australian citizens Habib and Hicks are enemy combatants in the "war on terrorism" and therefore lack the rights prisoners of war are allowed under the Geneva Conventions. The families of these four, as…
