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  • Опубликовано: 4 июл 2023
  • Ruhal Ahmed was detained without trial by the US government in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. He told us about the abuse and torture he experienced, and how he was eventually flown back to the UK in 2004 and released the next day without charges.
    This is an episode of Extraordinary Lives, where we speak to people with a unique life story to tell. From a North Korea escapee to an undercover cop, a Cold War spy to a shipwreck survivor.
    Hosted by LADbible's Ben-Powell Jones, this series is a window into remarkable experiences - with stories that paint a picture of extraordinary lives.
    Thanks to Ruhal for taking part!
    00:00:00:00 - Intro
    00:01:06:20 - Trip to Pakistan and being lured into Afghanistan
    00:04:29:10 - Trapped in Afghanistan
    00:10:02:06 - Getting bombed
    00:15:14:07 - The hope to get to Kandahar
    00:17:23:23 - The prison in Mazar-i-Sharif
    00:21:13:10 - Being handed to Americans
    00:34:35:02 - The transfer to Guantanamo Bay
    00:42:10:13 - Inside Guantanamo Bay: torture and abuse
    00:48:59:07 - The confession
    00:55:14:21 - After the confession: going back to the UK
    01:00:44:22 - The Court cases
    01:03:22:09 - Conclusion: the present and the future.
    Host: Ben Powell-Jones, Twitter: @BenPowellJones
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Комментарии • 476

  • @chilibeer3912
    @chilibeer3912 11 месяцев назад +35

    I wouldn't fault this man if he hated the US because of this ordeal but good on him for being able to live his life and raise a family.

  • @James-zl9jb
    @James-zl9jb 8 месяцев назад +8

    Incredible interview and a remarkable individual.

  • @alexandersmith9499
    @alexandersmith9499 16 дней назад +1

    I can only imagine the horror of his 2.5 years in captivity. I was kidnapped and spent only two weeks in hell, I cannot imagine 2.5 years. Best of luck to him....

  • @Purpoule_
    @Purpoule_ 9 месяцев назад +26

    The wife part lost me at the end. During the interview he said he was single no attachments etc but when he was liberated he chose to make his first phone call to the wife - what wife? He also had a sollicitor? When did he have time to find a wife and a sollicitor and get married before ending up in that room? I'm sorry he was treated the way he was and there's a fair chance he may have been innocent but some things just don't add up, probably because he left out a lot of details and the interviewer failed to ask more specific questions.

    • @AbstractTraitorHero
      @AbstractTraitorHero 9 месяцев назад +1

      It sounds to me like he just is no longer married, but yeah interviewer did not do a good job with that one.

    • @stoortyb55
      @stoortyb55 8 месяцев назад +4

      He said he married his wife 20 days after he was released, and that she was here.... Meaning in the studio with them.

    • @user-jr1rf1ck8u
      @user-jr1rf1ck8u 7 месяцев назад +1

      He also said he went to Pakistan for his friends wedding, then at the end when he got back to England describes how his dad was crying but angry at the same time “why did you go this and that”

  • @hiiiimymelody
    @hiiiimymelody 10 месяцев назад +18

    Mr. Ahmed's story was indeed extraordinary and humbling. I think that tells by how strong of a reaction he has gained with the audience. His tone and body language and story holds a mirror up to our society and makes us uncomfortable, as it should. I hope we hear more from Mr. Ahmed, we won't get access these kind of experiences very often. Wishing him continued strength and healing.

  • @shanabenjamin8945
    @shanabenjamin8945 11 месяцев назад +9

    I am Muslim and have the full truth being told here. May Allah maalf me if my instict is wrong. I do not hear these kids calling their parents on day one, so that they can be rescued. I hear being free to roam, so as a 17 year old, the first thing is to call my parents! Also, they said they slept into the mosque as they did not have much money and now there is payment money for transport deep into this country.

    • @D..S..
      @D..S.. 11 месяцев назад +2

      Good point about the money

    • @craigroberts7594
      @craigroberts7594 5 месяцев назад

      He also said everything is cheap in Afghanistan! Your instinct is wrong brother. Have some respect

    • @unhingeduncensored586
      @unhingeduncensored586 3 месяца назад

      Exactly why not call his parents…

    • @catasrophieGrrl
      @catasrophieGrrl 3 месяца назад

      @@unhingeduncensored586 From what phone?

    • @unhingeduncensored586
      @unhingeduncensored586 2 месяца назад

      @@catasrophieGrrl bro this wasn’t the 1950’s this was 2000’s where cell phones were everywhere…

  • @kat182xx
    @kat182xx Год назад +21

    Did he miss the wedding then 🥲

  • @BaronessSoC
    @BaronessSoC 11 месяцев назад +6

    Great narration of his own story and made more compelling by his Midlands accent 💯😎👍🏾

  • @east_londonlad8988
    @east_londonlad8988 Год назад +12

    Thank you Ladbible for interviewing one of the Tipton 3, I’ve watched the Road to Guantanamo film many years ago, very interesting film which tells the story about the Tipton 3

  • @unhingeduncensored586
    @unhingeduncensored586 3 месяца назад +7

    So i read a book called “The Exile” which was first hand accounts and stories from Taliban and Al Quaida relatives and everything this guy is saying is true except for the fact that he went their to help the Taliban fight the US , he was not swindled , there was no wedding, he knowingly went to fight. Also notice how through out his story at no point did he ever mention trying to call his parents. Any 17 year old that goes on any type of vacation, holiday, or just trips is always in constant communication with their parents. The first thing any 17 year old would have done had they been “Swindled” would have been to call THEIR PARENTS!! This dude is a liar and deserves what happend to him.

    • @borano2031
      @borano2031 2 месяца назад

      "I read a book", and you know everything. Did the book cover this very man?? May I strongly suggest you alter your alias to "unhingeduncensoredunitelligent586", more accurate so. Rgr

    • @Vennesla88
      @Vennesla88 2 месяца назад +2

      I disagree. Nobody, no matter what they have done, or are suspected of doing deserves to be treated this way.

    • @FaceFcuk
      @FaceFcuk 2 месяца назад

      ​@@Vennesla88bahahahaha hilarious 😂

    • @sphericity7331
      @sphericity7331 2 месяца назад +1

      Also wife thing. He was single and after release calls wife if I'm not mistaken.

    • @borano2031
      @borano2031 2 месяца назад

      @@sphericity7331 So if you´re mistaken, you´re spreading lies, you know that?? Rgr

  • @MsHandbreak
    @MsHandbreak Год назад +10

    This story sounds dodgy. From a wedding guest to someone who buys shovel to burry dead bodies.

  • @glennmorris9334
    @glennmorris9334 9 месяцев назад +6

    A month after Sept 11 and he's wondering why he was apprehended

  • @gaztaylor4178
    @gaztaylor4178 10 месяцев назад +7

    That sound's seriously scary he was so lucky he never got on that truck and his friends jumping off too was a blessing!!! but all those innocent people that perished was so sad 😔 I couldn't even imagine being a p. o. w.

  • @sammillar3561
    @sammillar3561 7 месяцев назад +4

    After they get to Pakistan they traveled around, zero mention of the ‘wedding’…I firmly believe his story fell apart right there.
    This guy is lying through his teeth.
    You don’t go to a wedding in one country and end up on the front lines with the taliban in another…by mistake.

  • @domonikoldham7387
    @domonikoldham7387 Год назад +14

    Ruhal thank you for talking about your life , your experiences , thank you :)

  • @TomMountainbiker1994
    @TomMountainbiker1994 11 месяцев назад +43

    It just shows it doesn't matter how we portray other cultures and people etc, as a species, we're awful. We talk about how bad other cultures are but in reality we are all as bad as each other.

    • @nicole_silvers
      @nicole_silvers 9 месяцев назад +2

      There are bad people in every country/culture, but the fact is that some cultures are worse than others, and some cultures do horrific things that are illegal in America

    • @craigroberts7594
      @craigroberts7594 5 месяцев назад

      Yeah but America brutally blows people up and treats them like dogs. How are they any worse than a taliban fighter??

    • @borano2031
      @borano2031 2 месяца назад

      @@nicole_silvers Like mistreating POW??? Rgr

  • @gablebriggs9482
    @gablebriggs9482 Год назад +35

    “Oh no I was trying to go to a wedding in Pakistan but ended up in northern Afghanistan joining up with the taliban, how did that happen” 😂 hard to imagine why the military didn’t believe his story.
    My bet would be that he was a dumb teenager fantasizing the taliban, decided to join them not knowing what he was getting himself into.

    • @Antacid420
      @Antacid420 11 месяцев назад +5

      Yep ...he's full of it 😂

  • @gogglebox2456
    @gogglebox2456 8 месяцев назад +5

    How do you not only end up in Afghanistan roght after 9/11, but then end up further into one of the hottest terrorist areas without realizing they arent taking you back to packistan lmfao dude was gunho til he wasnt

  • @rachelw5193
    @rachelw5193 Год назад +15

    I don’t agree with him saying “rightly so” about guys becoming terrorists after leaving jail, two wrongs doesn’t make a right?

    • @rachelw5193
      @rachelw5193 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@kienhollis7468 it literally doesn’t matter what he’s been through in his life, it’s not acceptable to say he justifies terrorism. If him being tortured was so horrific, why would he wish that on others.

    • @BallyBoy95
      @BallyBoy95 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@rachelw5193 Okay Karen, sorry, I mean Rachel. Perhaps keep your staunch judgements to yourself. When you're tortured like this guy was and remain a goody-goody, maybe then I'll be all ears to your opinion about how A doesn't justify B, because in primary school we were all taught two wrongs don't make a right.
      PS. This is from a non-mslm, non-chrstn outside observer.

  • @highallmighty233
    @highallmighty233 Год назад +18

    Rubber dingy rapids bro

  • @beastiebear7231
    @beastiebear7231 Год назад +11

    What a series of unfortunate events!

    • @dazcam2674
      @dazcam2674 3 месяца назад

      Well that's an understatement

  • @matthoskin3572
    @matthoskin3572 8 месяцев назад +3

    He keeps saying " if I remember" - dude, they made a movie about this!. I feel bad for the guy, but I don't think he is or was honest about so many things when this happened. I watched the movie maybe 10 times back in the day, and thought his story was bs to a large extent. He remembers every single thing and where he was, and why. Made a huge mistake, but clearly being deceptive.

  • @sneakylemon8513
    @sneakylemon8513 9 месяцев назад +2

    Imagine a hangover movie based on this

  • @scotttillman01
    @scotttillman01 Год назад +53

    I hope people realize this man is far from innocent.

    • @PurePeacePower
      @PurePeacePower Год назад

      So lots of people don't believe he ended up in Afghanistan by accident. A 17 year old kid, on an adventure trip to Pakistan to a friend's wedding with 3 other teenage boys. First time travelling on their own, testosterone high, tasting complete freedom for the first time, making stupid rash decisions, who end up in Afghanistan. How many teenagers go to university and go crazy partying, boozing, experimenting with drugs, sex etc? Making stupid decisions and getting in trouble?
      Even if he's not telling 100% truth, did he still deserve the horrific torture, abuse, humiliation, degradation and deprivation of freedom? It says a lot about the people commenting that they are more concerned about some porkies he might be telling rather than being outraged at the inhumane, barbaric, evil treatment by the "civilised" white torturers.

    • @sarahroberts9606
      @sarahroberts9606 Год назад +6

      And you know this how troll?

    • @fizabalawi4394
      @fizabalawi4394 Год назад

      Do you know him personally Scott? You eeediot

    • @scotttillman01
      @scotttillman01 Год назад +5

      @@sarahroberts9606 I've listened to all this interviews. If you pay attention to this one, you'll know too.

    • @east_londonlad8988
      @east_londonlad8988 Год назад

      Neither is UK government and Tony Blair and all those uk troops who killed afghans and Iraqis but lo and behold they are all walking free and living the best time of their lives hoorayyyy

  • @justwalkintomylife
    @justwalkintomylife 4 месяца назад +2

    I do think he went to Afghanistan to fight.. I struggle to comprehend how 4 lads can get themselves caught up in such a state without their families intervening. As someone who comes from a south Asian background your family are very much a big part of most events in your life, esp travelling at a young age to that part of the world post 9/11. However he was proven innocent and illegally detained by the US. That fact won’t change despite his initial intentions for his travels

  • @jord233
    @jord233 Год назад +5

    If my name was John smith 🤣

  • @siyawashnishat
    @siyawashnishat 11 месяцев назад +7

    No matter what Nobody deserves that kind of inhuman and savage treatments that wild Americans prison officers did to prisoners.

    • @borano2031
      @borano2031 2 месяца назад

      And it´s also illegal. Rgr

  • @danachavez1486
    @danachavez1486 11 месяцев назад +4

    Yeah this is one I’m not sure about. You don’t go to Afghanistan the month after 9/11 no matter who you are or if your Muslim. Worst idea ever.

  • @britishmick
    @britishmick Год назад +80

    Imagine the events that transpired to accidentally join the Taliban, I hope I get to my brothers wedding ok, you know how easy it to get the wrong taxi and end up fighting in a war 🤦🏻‍♂️!. I think it’s also impossible to truly understand how little these guys actually knew about anything and how they accepted everything and sleepwalked (unwittingly) all the way to prison!. From a wedding in Pakistan to a training camp in Afghanistan.. could be the basis for “The Hangover 4” unbelievable 😅… truly!.

    • @Klopp2543
      @Klopp2543 Год назад +4

      It depends. If one is culturally from those sides. It ain't that insane. Borders don't mean that much. what you allege may well be true(i too think so)

    • @Chuck_mcgee
      @Chuck_mcgee Год назад +1

      They were released without charge and won cases against the British and US govt but no British Mick knows there’s something else up 😂

    • @AL-PAKA
      @AL-PAKA Год назад

      Stupid Leftie Interviewer (University educated) sitting their lapping it up, no wonder this country is fkd

    • @PurePeacePower
      @PurePeacePower Год назад

      So lots of people don't believe he ended up in Afghanistan by accident. A 17 year old kid, on an adventure trip to Pakistan to a friend's wedding with 3 other teenage boys. First time travelling on their own, testosterone high, tasting complete freedom for the first time, making stupid rash decisions, who end up in Afghanistan. How many teenagers go to university and go crazy partying, boozing, experimenting with drugs, sex etc? Making stupid decisions and getting in trouble?
      Even if he's not telling 100% truth, did he still deserve the horrific torture, abuse, humiliation, degradation and deprivation of freedom? It says a lot about the people commenting that they are more concerned about some porkies he might be telling rather than being outraged at the inhumane, barbaric, evil treatment by the "civilised" white torturers.

    • @nicksterp2805
      @nicksterp2805 Год назад +4

      Exactly. I think you were travelling to go fight for the Taliban

  • @nathanmcgowan659
    @nathanmcgowan659 Год назад +16

    4:21 So you chose to go to from Pakistan to Afghanistan with supporters of the Taliban after you knew a war was popping off between Afghanistan and the US? Earlier you said you weren't, "paying attention to 9/11." You then paid for the cab that transported these fighters which according to you excluded you to Kabul and didn't know it was going to Kabul? Do you understand how that doesn't add up? Not excusing what America did but do you get how that explanation sounds like a made up story?

    • @666Roadhouse
      @666Roadhouse Год назад +2

      The war started after they went to afghanistan lol. so why would they be going to afghanistan to fight? thats why you're a youtube deactivate buddy

    • @nathanmcgowan659
      @nathanmcgowan659 Год назад +1

      @ 3:50 to 4:18 He clearly states that there were rallies in Pakistan (where he was at that time) to support the Afghan people because "the war has kicked off." Then 5:07 to :5:20 as they get into Afghanistan from Pakistan he says he hears explosions and he said, "What's going on." and they said, "There is a war." He said, "Yeah I know there is a war." He 100% knew what he was doing. Go back and listen again.

    • @east_londonlad8988
      @east_londonlad8988 Год назад +5

      @@nathanmcgowan659 war has kicked off I.E between Northern Alliance and Taliban, America was bombing from the sky and killing civilians, hence him and his pals went over to help with humanitarian work, it is well documented, don’t speak on this matter when even the UK and US gov have exonerated them and acknowledged that the Tipton 3 were victims of miscarriage of justice.

    • @lnoorplaylist
      @lnoorplaylist 8 дней назад

      @@nathanmcgowan659 I'm a Pakistani living in Pakistan and before 9-11 many common Pakistanis could easily get into Afghanistan because the Pakistani military had allowed it. that was actually backed by America but the our military gave reason to Pakistani people that Afghanis are our brothers, they were encouraging common to go and do serve in Afghanistan and many common people did. they helped taliban along with Americans.

  • @jamesmccormick875
    @jamesmccormick875 10 месяцев назад +3

    Six days without water would normally kill an average person.

    • @ramiabiakar2391
      @ramiabiakar2391 15 дней назад

      Three days would under normal conditions. You couldn't survive even that much in arid conditions.

  • @farhussain9166
    @farhussain9166 9 месяцев назад +2

    i watched this documentary style movie on this, called “the road to quatanmo bay”.

  • @Squirrel_101
    @Squirrel_101 Год назад +13

    Can't say I belive his story around Afghanistan but a interesting conversation non the less

    • @rambojp73
      @rambojp73 10 месяцев назад +7

      You don't want it to be true!

    • @scottmitchell4950
      @scottmitchell4950 4 месяца назад +1

      Exactly what makes you not believe him

  • @lioneljannings6661
    @lioneljannings6661 Год назад +6

    At 2.30+-into the video he says 9/11. Dont pay attention back home......... Said no one ever!!!!!

  • @incognino5726
    @incognino5726 8 месяцев назад +6

    You go to a wedding - then get recruited into a 3rd world Warzone - as you do.

  • @unhingeduncensored586
    @unhingeduncensored586 3 месяца назад +2

    IF THEY WERE REALLY THAT WORRIED WHY NOT CALL THERE PARENTS BACK IN THE UK?

  • @ThePlonker
    @ThePlonker 7 месяцев назад +3

    When he's talking about the toilet situation you can tell he has animosity toward America he has to have been Taliban

  • @damienchalmers
    @damienchalmers Год назад +25

    He gave alot af details about his shitting habits during this interview but forgot to mention big details like the home office talking to him on several occasions

  • @bey_86
    @bey_86 Год назад +8

    Did he say he got married 20 days after his return to the U.K.? He should have been in the hospital, getting treated. And when he is talking about how his life is so busy he says 'This wife needs that, this wife needs that' with a weird smile which I think he means he has two wives which I found very weird. There are so many things does not add up. I am no expert but if someone was not allowed to walk over 2 years, I am sure it would take them months to walk properly again.

    • @emzymedford6701
      @emzymedford6701 22 часа назад +1

      @bey_86 exactly 💯 some of the muscle 💪🏽 would have been wasted away 4SURE
      That doesn't make any sense.

  • @blackhall666
    @blackhall666 Год назад +6

    Metal music on for 24hrs sounds like a normal week

    • @Ab-cj6gl
      @Ab-cj6gl 5 месяцев назад

      Not for a Muslim+ they told me it's so loud you can't even sleep

    • @craigroberts7594
      @craigroberts7594 5 месяцев назад +1

      Who would want to listen to that garbage for 2 mins, let alone that long 💀

    • @LeeBlegen
      @LeeBlegen 4 месяца назад +1

      For real, I would make requests for certain songs and bands just to mess with them…and sleep like a baby

    • @LeeBlegen
      @LeeBlegen 4 месяца назад

      @@Ab-cj6glHazeen is an ALL Islamic Death Metal Band. What do you mean? Music genres don’t see religion…race, color, or creed.

    • @Ab-cj6gl
      @Ab-cj6gl 4 месяца назад

      @@LeeBlegen dude music is haram in islam

  • @whatsnext9977
    @whatsnext9977 Год назад +8

    What a horrible experience.

    • @AL-PAKA
      @AL-PAKA Год назад +1

      To have them living in England, i know, bad isn't it?

  • @RaulNigli
    @RaulNigli 11 месяцев назад +1

    Humans are the only beings capable of doing such things to each other.

  • @sk190
    @sk190 Год назад +4

    Hmmm. I get the impression, he liked the idea of being a freedom fighter for the gang that defeated the Soviet Union. Not sure it makes him a “terrorist” - he was probably just young and nieve.

  • @SomeRandomBod
    @SomeRandomBod Год назад +1

    At 17 I did some really stupid shit too. I get how this cud have happened, I also hear some “rubber dingy rapids” in the story. It probably falls somewhere between the two, a little of column A & a little of column B.

  • @Abs-xl4gb
    @Abs-xl4gb Год назад +21

    Right the part where he goes to Afghan is very murky.
    He says he visited Bangladesh but then refers to rallies in Pakistan to help the Afghan people... "We were talked into going" there was hundreds there was busses!!!
    Right this is where it doesn't add up.
    So he was RECRUITED in Pakistan so the reason for travel to Bangladesh wasn't for a visit at all.
    I get why he says this story as they have had a significant payoff.
    But it's obvious why these young lads went to Pakistan and it wasn't a wedding the timing is just too convenient

    • @PurePeacePower
      @PurePeacePower Год назад

      So lots of people don't believe he ended up in Afghanistan by accident. A 17 year old kid, on an adventure trip to Pakistan to a friend's wedding with 3 other teenage boys. First time travelling on their own, testosterone high, tasting complete freedom for the first time, making stupid rash decisions, who end up in Afghanistan. How many teenagers go to university and go crazy partying, boozing, experimenting with drugs, sex etc? Making stupid decisions and getting in trouble?
      Even if he's not telling 100% truth, did he still deserve the horrific torture, abuse, humiliation, degradation and deprivation of freedom? It says a lot about the people commenting that they are more concerned about some porkies he might be telling rather than being outraged at the inhumane, barbaric, evil treatment by the "civilised" white torturers.

    • @abuzainah1
      @abuzainah1 Год назад +1

      No there was when they were released they went back for the wedding which was supposed to happen so there gose that theory

    • @east_londonlad8988
      @east_londonlad8988 Год назад +3

      I watched it from start to finish, not once did he mention he visited Bangladesh prior to Afghanistan, it was Pakistan, then they ended up going to Afghan to do charity work in October when America was bombing the shit out of afghans, many aid orgs were in the ground, the Tipton 3 wanted to play their part but little did they know Northern Alliance and America are already on the ground and taking everyone prisoner regardless if you’re innocent.

  • @ishanbasu6533
    @ishanbasu6533 Год назад +3

    You didn’t understand or know about 9/11 American or not it a relatively significant event

  • @sohailmohammed5101
    @sohailmohammed5101 10 месяцев назад

    Is he not describing the movie “the road to Guantanamo” lol very familiar

    • @AlbertzLeftPeg
      @AlbertzLeftPeg 10 месяцев назад

      Yeah bro hes one of the tipton three

  • @vicwood6368
    @vicwood6368 Год назад +24

    This story has a lot of controversy. To be honest I don’t feel enough was explored about why he went Afghanistan. He was in trouble in the Uk then diverted from a bucks so easily to the Afghan conflict. To be honest as awful as the treatment was I feel like it was actually an amazing turning point for his life, which has given him a new path. No one should go through torture in anyway. I am glad that he can have a fresh start with his family and I hope that his empathy for those who have taken a different path does not deflect him from living a positive life for him and his family

  • @stiffchocolate7546
    @stiffchocolate7546 10 месяцев назад +3

    Short version I went to fight shit my pants and tried to go home and they said no

  • @kikoabril6520
    @kikoabril6520 11 месяцев назад +1

    General Dostum was a mean SOB. Warlord really. I am skipping Afghanistan for my vacations.....still a very rough place

  • @unhingeduncensored586
    @unhingeduncensored586 3 месяца назад +1

    Just wondering, why didnt they make an attempt to call their parents back in the UK ??? Thats the first thing i would’ve done??

  • @jeremyfredenburg3827
    @jeremyfredenburg3827 7 месяцев назад +1

    This poor guy couldn't eat his PB&J sandwiches cause his nice warm mittens as he is listening to music...dude was living better than me! I'm totally kidding...good video dude

  • @user-jr1rf1ck8u
    @user-jr1rf1ck8u 7 месяцев назад +1

    He also said he went to Pakistan for his friends wedding, then at the end when he got back to England describes how his dad was crying but angry at the same time “why did you go this and that”
    i think him and his mates could have gone to fight for Afghanistan, they got sold to the Americans
    What’s concerning is he said he signed/admitted that he’s was a terrorist to the Americans.
    he was then taken straight to the uk and interviewed in the police station, he went no comment and was released immediately 😮 I don’t think he was or is a danger to the uk but he easily could of been 🤔

  • @claytonsharrard1900
    @claytonsharrard1900 3 месяца назад

    The best part of this is it won’t get any attention from the DOD or state department. we definitely have your biometrics but if you tell your story, make sure you tell the whole thing.

  • @beastiebear7231
    @beastiebear7231 Год назад +5

    Was he single or had a wife? Or did he get married whilst he was detained? Some detauls of his story is all over the place (he said tge first person he called was gis wife?)

    • @hollystiener16
      @hollystiener16 11 месяцев назад +3

      I think he meant to say "his now wife". She was probably a friend or a gf

  • @StaytrueStayyou
    @StaytrueStayyou Год назад +5

    I personally can’t imagine but, I know it wouldn’t take watching the news to recognize a huge war was happening in a neighboring country. 🤔🤯

    • @user-zo9ld9jo2q
      @user-zo9ld9jo2q 4 месяца назад

      You'd just look over your neighbors fence huh

  • @LennonZA
    @LennonZA 9 месяцев назад +9

    Ruhal is being economical with the truth about how it all began. The title should read "Young man intentionally joined the Taliban in support of 9/11, but was captured and mistreated in Guantanamo Bay"

  • @scottyharp
    @scottyharp Год назад +13

    Such an amazing story. As an American, let me offer my sincere apology and recompense. We are a severely flawed country who believes that we are the all-knowing superpower, yet history has shown the world that we are a feral scared lost nation. I am disgusted by the actions of our military and the Guantanamo complex.
    America is a lost nation.

    • @kn9300
      @kn9300 Год назад +10

      Not at all. This guys story is mostly BS

    • @hollystiener16
      @hollystiener16 11 месяцев назад +6

      We do not know what is true or not about this guy's story.

    • @mar.c1
      @mar.c1 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@kn9300If he's a liar the government wouldnt have paid him to not go to court. American government is corrupt money hungry corporation who has murdered hundres of thousands in the middle east to further reach the extent of Nato for political and financial gain. Its world reknown at this point

  • @RAGNAAAA
    @RAGNAAAA Год назад +4

    21:47
    The goverment didn't take you back. Because they new you was there to fight. They would of checked everything. There history there families... The supposed "wedding" everything

    • @hollystiener16
      @hollystiener16 11 месяцев назад

      I agree, but why was he able to get such a huge settlement?

  • @Beavs_POV
    @Beavs_POV 7 месяцев назад +1

    like just how these comments read to me sounds like people around the world forget just how bad 9/11 was

  • @aetheronautsomnid5261
    @aetheronautsomnid5261 Год назад +2

    As an American viewing this, I only wish they could have made it worse for you. Don’t join the taliban next time... as if anyone needs to tell you that. Zero sympathy.

  • @CardinalC80
    @CardinalC80 Год назад +24

    How this situation begun isn’t even remotely believable

    • @PurePeacePower
      @PurePeacePower Год назад

      So lots of people don't believe he ended up in Afghanistan by accident. A 17 year old kid, on an adventure trip to Pakistan to a friend's wedding with 3 other teenage boys. First time travelling on their own, testosterone high, tasting complete freedom for the first time, making stupid rash decisions, who end up in Afghanistan. How many teenagers go to university and go crazy partying, boozing, experimenting with drugs, sex etc? Making stupid decisions and getting in trouble?
      Even if he's not telling 100% truth, did he still deserve the horrific torture, abuse, humiliation, degradation and deprivation of freedom? It says a lot about the people commenting that they are more concerned about some porkies he might be telling rather than being outraged at the inhumane, barbaric, evil treatment by the "civilised" white torturers.

  • @JinxTravel
    @JinxTravel 7 месяцев назад +1

    Has others have a said there appears to be many inconsistencies here.
    1. The call to his wife (this could have just meant his now wife)
    2. The no comment interview would of had to have been advised by a solicitor. Even if he wanted to scream from the rooftops his innocence it may have been the best thing for him to do a no comment legally.
    3. 9/11 was the biggest news in the world at that time. I was also 20 years old and I remember protests in Pakistan on TV and burning of the US flag etc. No way he didnt know much about it.
    4. The time to confess. I am not doubting the torture he went through as he was specific on this. However he is extremely tough if it took 1 and a half years for him to confess. I would think most people would crack after the first round of torture.
    5. He mentions the americans telling him he was at a rally with Muhammad Atta in 2011. Muhammad Atta was a terrorist who was killed in the 9/11 operation so the date is wrong. It would have had to have been before he died.
    6. If he had community service and they dont know if its 1st of august of the 8th of Jan. 150 hours at 8 hours a week means he would of finished his community service between these dates. as would of been done in 5 months tops.
    7. He says most people were innocent there. Maybe that was what they were claiming but a detainee eventually gave up a courier who eventually led them to Bin Laden so it did accomplish something in the end.
    But was a interesting story. Ultimately he was naive and i dont think he will ever be returning to Afghanistan.

  • @davidlinehat4657
    @davidlinehat4657 Месяц назад +5

    he was "pressured to go to afghanistan and "help with aid" which is a broad way of not acknowledging his fault in the situation.

  • @antsy8994
    @antsy8994 11 месяцев назад +11

    Wait… How was the first phone call you made to your wife? I thought you were captured at 17 and then held for a few years. So when did you get married? You just blew the whole interview with that statement. Any credibility you had is gone in my opinion.

    • @hollystiener16
      @hollystiener16 11 месяцев назад +4

      He probably meant to say his "now wife".

    • @crystalgutierrez3447
      @crystalgutierrez3447 10 месяцев назад +1

      Wow you are so right. I don’t know about all this.

  • @anthonyjeffries2654
    @anthonyjeffries2654 2 месяца назад

    I was there. Kunduz, mazari-sharif, and Imam Sahib

  • @rodintoulouse3054
    @rodintoulouse3054 Год назад +40

    Post capture is kind of believable… but the rest? Come on, give me break! Bill and ted’s bogus journey into afganistan. Had to watch it with my nose pinched to avoid the stench of BS. It’s clear the interviewer is not buying it either 😊

    • @hecter3008
      @hecter3008 Год назад +3

      The interviewer is sitting there asking no question or believing this shit.

    • @GodzHarleyGirlStudio
      @GodzHarleyGirlStudio Год назад +2

      There are multiple documentaries about this same treatment at Guantanamo Bay.

    • @PurePeacePower
      @PurePeacePower Год назад +1

      So lots of people don't believe he ended up in Afghanistan by accident. A 17 year old kid, on an adventure trip to Pakistan to a friend's wedding with 3 other teenage boys. First time travelling on their own, testosterone high, tasting complete freedom for the first time, making stupid rash decisions, who end up in Afghanistan. How many teenagers go to university and go crazy partying, boozing, experimenting with drugs, sex etc? Making stupid decisions and getting in trouble?
      Even if he's not telling 100% truth, did he still deserve the horrific torture, abuse, humiliation, degradation and deprivation of freedom? It says a lot about the people commenting that they are more concerned about some porkies he might be telling rather than being outraged at the inhumane, barbaric, evil treatment by the "civilised" white torturers.

    • @PurePeacePower
      @PurePeacePower Год назад +7

      @@hecter3008 so why did the British govt payout a huge compensation if he's lying and and guilty ?

    • @rodintoulouse3054
      @rodintoulouse3054 Год назад +1

      @Broskisnowski so? That literally doesn’t make his story any more literally truthful, literally.

  • @ThePlonker
    @ThePlonker 7 месяцев назад +2

    Why couldn't he just go to the Americans and tell them he's British and stuck there

    • @claytonsharrard1900
      @claytonsharrard1900 3 месяца назад

      I wish I could tell you why on here but I’m sure someone from your NCA,SIS, SS, etc could tell you. I’m a American and I don’t feel like having more door knocked on

  • @gluehuff43
    @gluehuff43 Год назад +22

    I’m surprised your editors didn’t catch the blatant holes in his story. Guantanamo is an ugly blight on Americas history, but this man certainly wasn’t as innocent as he wants you to believe either..

    • @borano2031
      @borano2031 2 месяца назад +1

      It doesn´t matter. ANY mistreatment of POW is ILLEGAL. ILLEGAL. Rgr

  • @nathaliecarluccio7559
    @nathaliecarluccio7559 Год назад +6

    How horrible 😢😢 no one deserves this 😢😢😢

  • @crusaderadrift5138
    @crusaderadrift5138 11 месяцев назад +9

    Despite the sunburn, peanut butter and jellies, and 'stage fright', this hero was still able to pull through. Nevermind the 6 weeks without water, I mean no man has done that, ever!

  • @beautifullybrilliant7542
    @beautifullybrilliant7542 Год назад +11

    I am so sorry to both you your friends and anybody else who’s going through this like you have. Taught me that my mom was right and so is my grad can ever trust in American they come on like they’re the good guys but they’re not. Nothing in life is so black and white life is gray.

    • @chai-and-tea
      @chai-and-tea Год назад +4

      Russian troll 😂

    • @kn9300
      @kn9300 Год назад

      This guys story is mostly bullshit

  • @ThePlonker
    @ThePlonker 7 месяцев назад

    TWODDLE!! This guy was was a militant for sure

  • @JohnSmith-mi9id
    @JohnSmith-mi9id Год назад +2

    He should admit he went to fight the Americans.

  • @joecamel328
    @joecamel328 6 месяцев назад +1

    This guys seems amazingly full of it. He just wanders into a warzone by accident through a series of coincidences... Or he is lying.

  • @joshbrooks5171
    @joshbrooks5171 Год назад +6

    Hard to believe in that initial journey with 9 people up to Kabul that not one of them informed them of the current situation..

  • @okami93kage91
    @okami93kage91 11 месяцев назад +1

    That's the question then isn't it? would you go to guantanamo bay for a million quid. No. No I dont think I would, unbelievable experience, and the fact all that mistreatment stopped as soon as he writ the false confession says a lot about "justice" in governments, and peoples of power in this world.

  • @nicksterp2805
    @nicksterp2805 Год назад +8

    I''m 20 mins in and I don't believe this guy. I feel like Ben is skeptical as well. Why would you go travelling in these countries all of a sudden as a young Muslim man when 9/11 has just happened? I did not believe him for a second

  • @dansactive756
    @dansactive756 Год назад +14

    This is mad. Bro you grew up where I grew up. I hope to god you didn’t go there for terrorism, if you didn’t then I feel so bad for you my guy ❤

    • @theshed3641
      @theshed3641 10 месяцев назад +3

      I think he did, but at 17 you do silly stuff

    • @natrixxirtan
      @natrixxirtan 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@theshed3641ya remember that time I was a silly lad and joined a terrorist organisation lol wait no I didn’t

    • @theshed3641
      @theshed3641 8 месяцев назад

      @@natrixxirtan you were probably a dork who did whatever you were told tho. When I was 17 crazy shit happend. Drugs, girls, violence. All the bad stuff. I’m not trying to brag or glorify that behaviour but I was young a stupid. As was this person. Not everyone is a dork like you

  • @jip4709
    @jip4709 11 месяцев назад +18

    As an a american, I apologize on the behalf of those that won't, that anyone was treated such ways. I understand desperate times call for desperate measures but the inhumane treatment towards others, no matter the circumstance, is uncalled for. Our prisons on the homeland treat people better. This is close to treatment of those during the holocaust minus the chambers. I love this country but we have ALOT of reflection to do. Domestic and foreign

    • @nicole_silvers
      @nicole_silvers 9 месяцев назад +2

      This is not about America. There are bad people in every country. You can't blame America for what some have done. And who's to say that this guy is telling the whole truth??! Maybe he was caught doing something really awful?? There's more than just his side of the story.

    • @jip4709
      @jip4709 9 месяцев назад +1

      @nicole_silvers You're not wrong at all but when there are numerous accounts and photos of things like this happening, that's when the thinking begins. War brings the worst out of every person regardless of who or what type of person you are. But it doesn't have to be that way. Like I said, no matter the circumstance, it's uncalled for.

    • @nicole_silvers
      @nicole_silvers 9 месяцев назад

      @@jip4709 I haven't seen any proof that what this guy is saying is true. I'm not saying he's lying, I'm just saying that there's no way to know if he's telling the truth or not. And I don't think apologizing on the behalf of all of America is the way to go about this. All you're doing is accepting responsibility for the actions of what some soldiers may have done, and that just breeds hatred towards America for no reason. Most Americans would not condone what this man claims happened, but when you apologize on America's behalf, it gives a totally wrong impression. We already have too many people hating America based on lies

    • @jip4709
      @jip4709 9 месяцев назад +2

      @nicole_silvers Well take this guy out of the equation and look up other cases. I'm not blaming America as a whole. We still have standards to uphold. The rest of the world doesn't like us so much but still looks to us and things like that aren't a good look. So I'm still gonna apologize on the behalf of those that have done atrocities and that we will never hear from. Not for America as a whole.

  • @patrickmusson4571
    @patrickmusson4571 Год назад +25

    Even the worst Super-Max Prison in the USA couldn't get away with treating their prisoners like that, no matter what they were there for, even mass murder or serial rape. I am shocked that there are Americans working there that have the capacity for treating people so horrendously.

    • @Edelwiess1066
      @Edelwiess1066 Год назад +9

      The military screens for psychopathy and appoints them to particular positions. It's an old tactic. Only certain individuals are capable of extreme inhumane treatment for extended periods of time with no psychological impact.

    • @LS-fe4ob
      @LS-fe4ob 11 месяцев назад +3

      Look up the Stanford prison experiment

    • @305judith
      @305judith 11 месяцев назад

      Would you like them wandering around or, better still, residing in your home?

    • @catherinegrace2366
      @catherinegrace2366 10 месяцев назад +1

      I haven’t watched this interview yet and I don’t think the J6 defendants have been mistreated as I imagine this guy was but they have crossed the line into criminality with the way some J6 defendants have been mistreated in custody.

    • @Bell_plejdo568p
      @Bell_plejdo568p 9 месяцев назад

      Exactly what is he talking prison in america do treat ppl like that@@LS-fe4ob

  • @beastiebear7231
    @beastiebear7231 Год назад +1

    'Aid'.
    Yeah we talked to the leaders and they were going to arrange for us to leave. Etc etc
    A series of unfortunate events here.

  • @Beavs_POV
    @Beavs_POV 7 месяцев назад +1

    ok this guy imo joined the taliban & now for obvious reasons doesn't want to admit to it that's why the story sounds suss. Was what happened to him right? No way in hell. however he was a taliban in Afghanistan weeks after the worst terror attack in US History. I am sorry that bad part happened to him but US was right to take him off the board. He's lucky to be alive after some bad life choices.

  • @rokokire9588
    @rokokire9588 Год назад +2

    😮

  • @bcass1500
    @bcass1500 Год назад +73

    Man, idk. Not saying this guy is innocent or guilty, or that he deserved to go to Guantanamo. Just saying he is omitting something significant, and the interviewer knows it too. Maybe he is telling the truth but ending up in Afghanistan as a naive “oopsie” a month after 911 is a tough sell.

    • @loolafly7967
      @loolafly7967 Год назад +18

      If there was a tiny spec on this guy he would have been charged. And to get a multi million payout from the UK government, again he wouldn’t have received a penny.

    • @BlutoandCo
      @BlutoandCo Год назад +4

      ​@@loolafly7967no, that just means he couldnt be charged with anything in the UK, not that he is innocent.
      It might of been wrong place wrong time.
      It might be something else.

    • @loolafly7967
      @loolafly7967 Год назад +7

      @@BlutoandCo The payout made me think they basically f-up. Could you imagine the government handing out millions for someone who was involved in terrorism ?

    • @456ism
      @456ism Год назад +1

      Navigating the legal system vs what actually occurred is a very different story. It cannot be relied upon as the ultimate source of truth.
      So we are stuck having to make our own conclusions - if he cared he probably wouldn’t have put himself on a public platform that runs on feedback.

    • @bcass1500
      @bcass1500 Год назад +1

      @@loolafly7967 understood. I know much more about this case now.

  • @patriciapatricia9040
    @patriciapatricia9040 Год назад +13

    He can’t quite remember what year this significant event happened. He thinks it might have been..

    • @Adamrevertislam
      @Adamrevertislam Год назад

      You say that but I can’t remember the year my kids were born as a lot of men can’t

    • @timhefty504
      @timhefty504 Год назад +2

      ​@@Adamrevertislam what?!

    • @Adamrevertislam
      @Adamrevertislam Год назад

      @@timhefty504 without working it out iv got no chance iv got 7 children !! He’s asking him to remember a date 20 odd years ago a lot has happened since then

  • @NathalieMH-jm4gw
    @NathalieMH-jm4gw Год назад

    Oh dear sounds awful - I cramp already cool 🙏✝️😇💐hope heal keep praying

  • @wotsits7874
    @wotsits7874 Год назад +3

    Needs more dragons & fire

  • @trevordollar4828
    @trevordollar4828 10 месяцев назад +1

    How does one go to Pakistan for a wedding and end up in Afghan. This is a very suspicious story. Mr Ahmed's story has some contradictory elements.

  • @Beavs_POV
    @Beavs_POV 7 месяцев назад +1

    this guy. sorry the wedding thing doesn't jive. he was one of the young guys who volunteered to join Bin Laden or Taliban now he's ashamed bcuz he was caught. all the stuff my govt did to him is horrific & inexcusable but he shouldn't have been there.

  • @lisajeter9511
    @lisajeter9511 11 месяцев назад

    They did horrific things in Guantanamo Bay! I expected more out of our American Soldiers!

  • @ashleyporter6364
    @ashleyporter6364 Год назад +2

    2.5m views and only 300 know where the like button is..

    • @GhastlyCretin
      @GhastlyCretin Год назад +1

      There's only 13k views as a write this...

  • @mongedbongjovi7817
    @mongedbongjovi7817 Год назад +7

    lol sorry, I'm finding it so hard to finish this, this dude is spinning a lot of fiction here.

  • @stevejones8486
    @stevejones8486 Год назад +7

    Bro said he didn't know about the 911 news because he was 17.

    • @sk190
      @sk190 Год назад

      He’s a brown chav - He don’t look the the type of 17yr old that cares to watch white blokes on telly - talking about the news.

  • @RAGNAAAA
    @RAGNAAAA Год назад +7

    The story leading up. Makes no sense.. The timing is off... So his mate was getting married in 2 weeks... But you was in Afghanistan for 4 weeks.. It just doesn't make sense

  • @dundeeutility4899
    @dundeeutility4899 Год назад +29

    That story with his pals jumping off the truck is mind-blowing ✌ great to see him free from they BASTARDS!! Salute from Scotland bro 👊🏻 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🙏

    • @Retly_Ai
      @Retly_Ai Год назад +1

      Who are the bastards?

    • @WrongWayRomanGabe
      @WrongWayRomanGabe Год назад +3

      Yea this is a troll or an implant...the truck part was the shadiest and vaguest part.tf😂..and it's called hog-tied 34.02 🦂 😅

    • @avacadomangobanana2588
      @avacadomangobanana2588 Год назад +1

      @@Retly_Aianerikkka

    • @avacadomangobanana2588
      @avacadomangobanana2588 Год назад

      @@WrongWayRomanGabedude was 17 retahd

    • @alextv293
      @alextv293 Год назад +3

      @@Retly_AiI’m guessing the yanks?

  • @hunniieable
    @hunniieable 4 месяца назад

    Whether this man’s story about how he got to Afghanistan is real or not is not the point. America illegally detaining him and putting him in Guantanamo for 2 years without charging him and instead illegally torturing him is the real story here. Guantanamo if illegal and against human rights. Most of those kept there were not even charged.

  • @Mrdogface12
    @Mrdogface12 Год назад +1

    Blimey! From Sandwell to a terrorist training facility in Afghanistan & only went for a wedding in Pakistan.

  • @blastedpotato
    @blastedpotato 11 месяцев назад

    I am from Bangladesh too

  • @MB-uv4qu
    @MB-uv4qu 11 месяцев назад +3

    The story is not very clearly 🤔told
    I do feel a lot has happened to him.