Abdullahi Sudi Arale (Somali: Cabdillaahi Suudi Caraale; born 1964) is a citizen of Somalia who was held for two and a half years in extrajudicial detention by the United States.

A Department of Defense spokesman said, "We believe him to be an extremely dangerous member of the al-Qaida network," Xinhua reports that American officials claimed Arale had held a leadership position in the Somali Council of Islamic Courts.

[8] Xinhua also reported American officials claimed Arale had been living in Pakistan until a return to Somalia, "eight months ago".

[4][10] Carol Rosenberg attached a set of heavily redacted habeas related documents to an article she published in the Miami Herald about Arale when he was repatriated.

Carol Rosenberg, writing in the Miami Herald reported that Ismael Arale [sic] was one of twelve men transferred from Guantanamo on December 19, 2009.