 Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts estimate that Baada was born in 1976 (or 1978), in Shebwa, Yemen.Baada arrived at Guantanamo on February 9, 2002, and has been held at Guantanamo for .Baada was cleared for release by the Guantanamo Joint Task Force initiated by President Barack Obama when he first took office in January 2009.