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. Kurnaz was one of the former captives who had an article profiling him.
Kurnaz told his McClatchy interviewer that he was apprehended while on his way to the airport to return to Germany. He told his interviewers that when his van was first stopped his main fear was that he would miss his flight. However, he said, he was then sold by the Pakistani police for a bounty.
He described that while he was in the Kandahar detention facility his head was immersed in water, and he was then kicked in the stomach, so he would inhale water, and experience the feeling of drowning. He reported being severely beaten in Guantanamo, and that three female guards sexually molested him.
Since his return he lives with his parents, and has a desk job, which he enjoys. He says he does not hold ordinary Americans responsible for the abuse he endured.
Read more about this topic: Murat Kurnaz
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