Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane
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Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane is a citizen of Denmark who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo detainee ID number is 323. The US Department of Defense reports he was born on August 5, 1973, in Roskilde, Denmark
Abderrahmane was captured, in December 2001, in Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border.[2]
Abderrahmane's explanation for how he came to be captured was that he had traveled there to enroll in an Afghan military training camp to undergoing training so he could go fight with muslim rebels in Chechnya.[2]
Abderrahmane was held in Guantanamo Bay for over two years.[3] According to an article in US News & World Report he was released in spite of reservations from US security officials because the Danes had threatened to withdraw their troops if he was not released.
After his release Abderrahmane announced plans to travel to fight in Chechnya.[2] He said he regarded the document he signed promising not to take part in terrorist activity as "toilet paper". Danish security officials talked him out his trip.
He has said that Denmark's role in the Occupation of Iraq meant that he thought Danish leaders were legitimate military targets.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
- ^ a b c d "Danish detainee 'to join rebels'", BBC,, September 30, 2004. Retrieved on January 5.
- ^ Mark Mazzetti. "Getting A Free Pass: Anger over a deal to release a `terrorist'", US News & World Report, 8 March 2004. Retrieved on January 5.
