In a statement to the House of Commons in February last year, the then Defence Secretary, John Hutton, alleged that the men were members of an extremist group called Lashkar e Taiba, a radical Sunni group blamed for the Mumbai attacks.

An MoD spokesman said: "As the then Secretary of State made clear to Parliament in February 2009, the two individuals in question were insurgents captured in Baghdad as they posed an imperative threat to security of the Iraqi people and our armed forces. Their capture was legitimate and justified. We are prevented from disclosing their identity and, indeed, the identity of all other detainees, under the Data Protection Act. We can confirm however that the ICRC [International Committee of the Red Cross] has access to the two individuals and they are held in a humane, safe and secure environment within US detention facilities in Afghanistan, which meets international standards."
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