Arrest
Azzam's home was raided by Pakistani forces on May 25, 2002, and he was arrested along with his two sons, the 23-year old Abdullah and 18-year old Muhammad. The two boys were released, but Azzam was held.
He was transferred to the Bagram collection point facility, where he alleges he was sodomised and abused, before being flown to the Guantanamo detainment camps. He was interrogated five times over a captivity of 10 months.
After his arrest, his family moved back to Jordan to avoid persecution. However the increased cost of health care in the country meant that his son Abdullah's heart condition worsened, and he died in February 2004.
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