Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terror analysts report that he was born on December 27, 1964, in Burao, Somaliland.
dʒˈɔɪnt tˈæsk fˈoːɹs ɡwɑːntˈænəmˌoʊ kˈaʊntɚtˈɛɹɚɹ ˈænɐlˌɪsts ɹᵻpˈoːɹt ðæt hiː wʌz bˈɔːɹn ˌɔn dᵻsˈɛmbɚ twˈɛnti sˈɛvən, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈoːɹ, ɪn bjˈʊɹɹaʊ, səmˈɑːlɪlənd.