Saji Ur Rahman

Saji Ur Rahman
Born 1984 (age 27–28)
Detained at Guantanamo
Alternate name Sajin Urayman
ISN 545
Status Repatriated on 16 July 2003

Saji Ur Rahman is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 545. He was a minor when he was captured.

Sajin Urayman was repatriated on 16 July 2003.[2][3]

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McClatchy News Service interview

On June 15, 2008 the McClatchy News Service published a series of articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives.[4] Saji Ur Rahman was one of thee former captives who had an article profiling him.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Saif Ur Rahman said that his father had sent him to a madrassa. But he was more interested in movies, and he ran away from the madrassa, with an older man, who told him he could help him break into the movie industry. He and his mentor traveled to Herat, where his would be mentor turned him over to the Taliban.

After the Taliban administration collapsed Saif Ur Rahman spent three months in Afghan custody in Herat before being turned over to American custody.

The McClatchy reporter noted similarities between his account of how he found himself in Herat, and the story of another minor Mohammed Omar. The McClatchy reporter concluded that the boys' stories were obviously not credible, but noted that they were among the first captives to be sent home

The McClatchy reporter closed the profile with the comment:

"It isn't clear whether American interrogators gave up on trying to find out the real story or decided that Rahman and Omar were just a couple of kids with flimsy alibis who, despite the lies, didn't know much."

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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. ^ "Sajin Urayman – The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/545-sajin-urayman. Retrieved 17 January 2010. 
  3. ^ OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased". United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/09-F-0031_doc1.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-28. 
  4. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Page 3". Miami Herald. http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/. Retrieved 2008-06-17.  mirror
  5. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 18, 2008). "U.S. hasn't apologized to or compensated ex-detainees". Myrtle Beach Sun. http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/611/story/491372.html. Retrieved 2008-06-18.  mirror
  6. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Pentagon declined to answer questions about detainees". McClatchy News Service. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38771.html. Retrieved 2008-06-20.  mirror
  7. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 16, 2008). "Documents undercut Pentagon's denial of routine abuse". McClatchy News Service. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38776.html. Retrieved 2008-06-20.  mirror
  8. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 19, 2008). "Deck stacked against detainees in legal proceedings". McClatchy News Service. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38887.html. Retrieved 2008-06-20.  mirror
  9. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 16, 2008). "U.S. abuse of detainees was routine at Afghanistan bases". McClatchy News Service. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38775.html. Retrieved 2008-06-20.  mirror
  10. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Saji Ur Rahman". Miami Herald. http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/58. Retrieved 2008-06-17.  mirror

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