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It was an al Qaida camp. Benchellali claims that he and Nizar had never heard of al Qaida and knew nothing about international terrorism. After they arrived, he said, they realized that the camp wasn't merely for religious studies and wasn't at all what they had hoped to find. In fact, all al Qaida camps were military training facilities.
Two French former inmates at Guantanamo Bay have called for a former high-ranking US Defence Department official to give evidence on their accusations of torture at the notorious US prison camp, the men's lawyer said on Wednesday.
Mourad Benchellali, who was at Guantánamo, wrote an Op-Ed article for The New York Times in June 2006 in which he said that in 2001, when he was 19, 'I made the mistake of listening to my older brother and going to Afghanistan on what I thought was a dream vacation.'
Two former Guantanamo Bay detainees asked a French judge Wednesday to subpoena a former prison commander they accuse of overseeing their alleged torture.
Mourad Benchellali, who was at Guantánamo, wrote an Op-Ed article for The New York Times in June 2006 in which he said that in 2001, when he was 19, 'I made the mistake of listening to my older brother and going to Afghanistan on what I thought was a dream vacation.'
It was an al Qaida camp. Benchellali claims that he and Nizar had never heard of al Qaida and knew nothing about international terrorism. After they arrived, he said, they realized that the camp wasn't merely for religious studies and wasn't at all what they had hoped to find. In fact, all al Qaida camps were military training facilities.
Two French former inmates at Guantanamo Bay have called for a former high-ranking US Defence Department official to give evidence on their accusations of torture at the notorious US prison camp, the men's lawyer said on Wednesday.
Two former Guantanamo Bay detainees asked a French judge Wednesday to subpoena a former prison commander they accuse of overseeing their alleged torture.
