User:Geo Swan/gitmo/Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane

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'''Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane''' is a citizen of [[Denmark]] who was detained in [[Camp Delta]] in the [[United States|American]] naval base at [[Guantanamo Bay]]. Abderrahmane was captured, in December 2001, in Afghanistan, near the Afghan border. Abderrahmane's explanation for how he came to be captured was that he had traveeled there to enroll in an Afghan military training camp to undergoing training so he could go fight with muslim rebels in [[Chechnya]]. Abderrahmane was held in Guantanamo Bay for over two years. 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]] 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. ==External links== *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3704176.stm Danish detainee 'to join rebels'], [[BBC]], September 30, 2004 *[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/040308/8gitmo.htm Getting A Free Pass: Anger over a deal to release a `terrorist'], [[US News & World Report]], 3/8/04 [[Category:U.S. detainees]]