User:Geo Swan/gitmo/Sarajudim

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Sarajudim, 24, who like many Afghans uses only one name, was one of several men who said they were forced to fight with the Taliban after the United States declared war on terrorism. When Sarajudim and other conscripts tried to surrender and go home, they were betrayed by a powerful Afghan military commander , Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, who "sold" them to American forces for cash, he said.
"America wanted to capture terrorists and Dostum just wanted the money, so he sold me," Sarajudim said.
Sarajudim left the Kabul jail today carrying medical records in English, which he could not read, indicating he had received regular medical care at Guantanamo, including psychological counseling for "life circumstances issues."

Sarajudim, an Afghan with just a single name, was detained in Camp Delta, in the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Sarajudim was one of eighteen Afghanis repatriated on March 22, 2003, and released by Afghan authorities four days later. Sarajudim was one of the first detainees to be released, even though, like several other of the eighteen detainees, he acknowledged fighting with the Taliban. But he said he had been forced to fight, against his will.

Sarajudim said that he was sold to American security officials for a bounty by Strongman Dostum. The detainees were released with their a knapsack, their medical records, a change of clothes, and a pair of running shoes. The detainees had to rely on charity to find their way home from Kabul.

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