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Alif Mohammed
Born 1946 (age 77–78)
Helmand Province, Afghanistan

Alif Mohammed is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.

Press reports

On July 12, 2006 the magazine Mother Jones provided excerpts from the transcripts of a selection of the Guantanamo detainees.[1] Mohammed was one of the detainees profiled.

Alef Mohammead was interviewed by the New York Times following his repatriation.[2] He claimed that his brothers were killed when US warplanes bombarded his village in 2003.

Repatriation

Alef Muhammad was repatriated on December 16, 2006 to the custody of the Afghan Commission for Peace and Reconciliation along with six other men. They were released on December 17, 2006. [3][4]

The New York Times reported that Muhammad was from "the Baghran district in Helmand".[3] According to their reports he stated:

  • "Is this my fault that I believe in the words, 'There is no God but Allah?' Other than that there is no witness and no evidence of my guilt."[3]
  • "We had to eat, pray and go to the toilet in the same cell that was 2 meters long and 2 meters wide.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Why Am I in Cuba?", Mother Jones (magazine), July 12, 2006
  2. Abdul Waheed Wafa (2006-12-17). "Freed From Guantánamo Bay, 7 Afghans Arrive in Kabul". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E1DE1331F934A25751C1A9609C8B63. Retrieved 2009-03-17. "‘Is this my fault that I believe in the words, “There is no God but Allah?Template:” ’ he said. ‘Other than that there is no witness and no evidence of my guilt. We had to eat, pray and go to the toilet in the same cell that was two meters long and two meters wide.’" 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Abdul Waheed Wafa (2006-12-17). "Freed From Guantánamo Bay, 7 Afghans Arrive in Kabul". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/world/asia/17afghan.html?ref=asia. Retrieved 2009-01-05. 
  4. "Seven home from Guantanamo". Taipei Times. 2006-12-17. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/12/18/2003340916. Retrieved 2009-01-05. 

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