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Abdur Rahim, a baker from Khowst, is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1][2] Defense Department analysts estimate he was born in 1975, in Sharshar, Afghanistan. His Internment Serial Number was 897.

An article by New York Times writer Tim Golden identified Abdur Rahim as a 26-year-old baker from Khowst, who had been a passenger in a taxi that was apprehended near Firebase Salerno, shortly following a rocket attack.[2] According to the article, Rahim, the driver, Dilawar, and two other passengers were all taken into custody, and transferred to Bagram on December 4, 2002. Dilawar was brutally beaten to death over the course of five days. Rahim and the other two passengers survived Bagram, and were shipped to Guantanamo.

Rahim described the conditions at Bagram as being worse than those at Guantanamo.[2] Rahim and his two companions being beaten at Bagram. They also described routinely being humiliated by being forced to strip before female soldiers, for medial treatment, for showers, and for frequent, painful rectal examinations.

Rahim said that he and the other two survivors visited Dilawar's parents, but didn't have the heart to tell them of the actual circumstances of his death.

They had fallen under suspicion when Jan Baz Khan, the American's local militia ally, had denounced them. But later American intelligence analysts decided that Khan himself had been behind the attacks, and the surviving passengers were released.

Repatriation[]

Abdul Rahim was transferred from Guantanamo to Afghanistan on March 14, 2004, with a letter saying he posed "no threat" to American forces.[3][4][5]

He was interviewed, by the New York Times, following his repatriation.[6]

"There were some soldiers that were very good with us. But there was one soldier, he was a very bad guy. He was stopping the water for our commode. At nighttime, they would throw large rocks back and forth, which hit the metal walkway between the cells and made a loud noise. They did it to keep us awake. After I left Cuba, I had mental problems. I cannot talk to people for a long period of time. I work just to survive. But I'm not scared of anyone in this world. I'm just scared of God."


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References[]

  1. "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006". United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2006-05-15. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 In U.S. Report, Brutal Details of 2 Afghan Inmates' Deaths [1] Tim Golden 2005-05-20
  3. In U.S. Report, Brutal Details of 2 Afghan Inmates' Deaths [2] The New York Times 2005-05-20
  4. Abdul Rahim – The Guantánamo Docket [3] The New York Times
  5. Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased [4] OARDEC 2008-10-09
  6. Guantánamo Memories, From Outside the Wire [5] 2004-06-21

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