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  • čas přidán 4. 07. 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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  • @chilibeer3912
    @chilibeer3912 Před 9 měsíci +29

    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 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Incredible interview and a remarkable individual.

  • @hiiiimymelody
    @hiiiimymelody Před 9 měsíci +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.

  • @east_londonlad8988
    @east_londonlad8988 Před 10 měsíci +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

  • @BaronessSoC
    @BaronessSoC Před 9 měsíci +4

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

  • @Purpoule_
    @Purpoule_ Před 7 měsíci +21

    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 Před 7 měsíci +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 Před 7 měsíci +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 Před 6 měsíci

      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”

  • @domonikoldham7387
    @domonikoldham7387 Před 10 měsíci +14

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

  • @gablebriggs9482
    @gablebriggs9482 Před 10 měsíci +28

    “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 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Yep ...he's full of it 😂

  • @highallmighty233
    @highallmighty233 Před 10 měsíci +18

    Rubber dingy rapids bro

  • @kat182xx
    @kat182xx Před 10 měsíci +17

    Did he miss the wedding then 🥲

  • @shanabenjamin8945
    @shanabenjamin8945 Před 10 měsíci +7

    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.. Před 9 měsíci +1

      Good point about the money

    • @craigroberts7594
      @craigroberts7594 Před 3 měsíci

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

    • @unhingeduncensored586
      @unhingeduncensored586 Před měsícem

      Exactly why not call his parents…

    • @catasrophieGrrl
      @catasrophieGrrl Před měsícem

      @@unhingeduncensored586 From what phone?

    • @unhingeduncensored586
      @unhingeduncensored586 Před měsícem

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

  • @TomMountainbiker1994
    @TomMountainbiker1994 Před 10 měsíci +42

    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 Před 8 měsíci +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 Před 3 měsíci

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

    • @borano2031
      @borano2031 Před měsícem

      @@nicole_silvers Like mistreating POW??? Rgr

  • @Squirrel_101
    @Squirrel_101 Před 10 měsíci +7

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

  • @rachelw5193
    @rachelw5193 Před 10 měsíci +12

    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 Před 9 měsíci +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 Před 4 měsíci

      @@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.

  • @unhingeduncensored586
    @unhingeduncensored586 Před měsícem +5

    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 Před měsícem

      "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 Před měsícem +2

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

    • @FaceFcuk
      @FaceFcuk Před měsícem

      ​@@Vennesla88bahahahaha hilarious 😂

    • @sphericity7331
      @sphericity7331 Před 21 dnem

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

    • @borano2031
      @borano2031 Před 21 dnem

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

  • @MsHandbreak
    @MsHandbreak Před 10 měsíci +8

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

  • @beastiebear7231
    @beastiebear7231 Před 10 měsíci +10

    What a series of unfortunate events!

    • @dazcam2674
      @dazcam2674 Před měsícem

      Well that's an understatement

  • @gaztaylor4178
    @gaztaylor4178 Před 9 měsíci +5

    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.

  • @britishmick
    @britishmick Před 10 měsíci +79

    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 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci

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

    • @PurePeacePower
      @PurePeacePower Před 10 měsíci

      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 Před 10 měsíci +3

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

  • @Abs-xl4gb
    @Abs-xl4gb Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci

      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 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci +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.

  • @damienchalmers
    @damienchalmers Před 10 měsíci +24

    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

  • @farhussain9166
    @farhussain9166 Před 8 měsíci +2

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

  • @jord233
    @jord233 Před 10 měsíci +4

    If my name was John smith 🤣

  • @bey_86
    @bey_86 Před 10 měsíci +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.

  • @nathanmcgowan659
    @nathanmcgowan659 Před 10 měsíci +15

    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?

    • @roadhousemusic
      @roadhousemusic Před 10 měsíci +1

      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 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@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.

  • @scotttillman01
    @scotttillman01 Před 10 měsíci +51

    I hope people realize this man is far from innocent.

    • @PurePeacePower
      @PurePeacePower Před 10 měsíci

      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 Před 10 měsíci +6

      And you know this how troll?

    • @fizabalawi4394
      @fizabalawi4394 Před 10 měsíci

      Do you know him personally Scott? You eeediot

    • @scotttillman01
      @scotttillman01 Před 10 měsíci +4

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

    • @east_londonlad8988
      @east_londonlad8988 Před 10 měsíci

      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

  • @vicwood6368
    @vicwood6368 Před 10 měsíci +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

  • @rodintoulouse3054
    @rodintoulouse3054 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci +3

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

    • @GodzHarleyGirlStudio
      @GodzHarleyGirlStudio Před 10 měsíci +2

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

    • @PurePeacePower
      @PurePeacePower Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci +6

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

    • @rodintoulouse3054
      @rodintoulouse3054 Před 10 měsíci +1

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

  • @blackhall666
    @blackhall666 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Metal music on for 24hrs sounds like a normal week

    • @Ab-cj6gl
      @Ab-cj6gl Před 3 měsíci

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

    • @craigroberts7594
      @craigroberts7594 Před 3 měsíci +1

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

    • @LeeBlegen
      @LeeBlegen Před 3 měsíci +1

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

    • @LeeBlegen
      @LeeBlegen Před 3 měsíci

      @@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 Před 3 měsíci

      @@LeeBlegen dude music is haram in islam

  • @siyawashnishat
    @siyawashnishat Před 10 měsíci +7

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

    • @borano2031
      @borano2031 Před měsícem

      And it´s also illegal. Rgr

  • @SomeRandomBod
    @SomeRandomBod Před 10 měsíci +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.

  • @ishanbasu6533
    @ishanbasu6533 Před 10 měsíci +3

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

  • @incognino5726
    @incognino5726 Před 6 měsíci +4

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

  • @gluehuff43
    @gluehuff43 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před měsícem +1

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

  • @sohailmohammed5101
    @sohailmohammed5101 Před 8 měsíci

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

  • @gogglebox2456
    @gogglebox2456 Před 6 měsíci +2

    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

  • @RaulNigli
    @RaulNigli Před 9 měsíci +1

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

  • @walkwithmeASMR
    @walkwithmeASMR Před 10 měsíci +2

    you have enough to retire yet work "stupid" hours until midnight or 2am so your kids can see how important hard work is? there is a balance. Spend time with your kids. Get home at decent time and watch your kids grow up.

  • @sammillar3561
    @sammillar3561 Před 6 měsíci +2

    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.

  • @whatsnext9977
    @whatsnext9977 Před 10 měsíci +8

    What a horrible experience.

    • @AL-PAKA
      @AL-PAKA Před 10 měsíci +1

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

  • @jeremyfredenburg3827
    @jeremyfredenburg3827 Před 6 měsíci +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

  • @sneakylemon8513
    @sneakylemon8513 Před 8 měsíci

    Imagine a hangover movie based on this

  • @lioneljannings6661
    @lioneljannings6661 Před 10 měsíci +4

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

  • @consuelac4578
    @consuelac4578 Před 10 měsíci +24

    Does he expect people to believe that he went to join the Taliban by accident a month after 911?

    • @Daniel-tr7qy
      @Daniel-tr7qy Před 10 měsíci +7

      He didn't join the Taliban at all. He went to Pakistan for a wedding and the locals took advantage of them being young and clueless.

    • @timhefty504
      @timhefty504 Před 10 měsíci +7

      Joining a terrorist group isn't something you do by accident. An accident is driving down the wrong street or buying the wrong container of milk

    • @hecter3008
      @hecter3008 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@Daniel-tr7qy hahahahahahah. Of course they did.

    • @Daniel-tr7qy
      @Daniel-tr7qy Před 10 měsíci

      @@timhefty504 Right, exactly. Cause that's your reality. Going to the shop and buying milk. He tells the story so clearly yet you're so clearly bigoted you cannot hear what he is saying. You want to believe he's brown and intentionally joined a terrorist group.

    • @Daniel-tr7qy
      @Daniel-tr7qy Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@hecter3008 Can you give me one good reason you would believe otherwise? A reason you believe he is lying?

  • @bcass1500
    @bcass1500 Před 10 měsíci +71

    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 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci +3

      ​@@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 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci +1

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

  • @CardinalC80
    @CardinalC80 Před 10 měsíci +23

    How this situation begun isn’t even remotely believable

    • @PurePeacePower
      @PurePeacePower Před 10 měsíci

      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.

  • @hunniieable
    @hunniieable Před 3 měsíci +1

    What a heart breaking story. This poor man was wrongly and illegally imprisoned and tortured. America talks about human rights when they are the biggest violators of human rights and they continue to support other countries like Israel who break human rights and international law over and over again. Shameful

  • @danachavez1486
    @danachavez1486 Před 10 měsíci +3

    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.

  • @ThePlonker
    @ThePlonker Před 6 měsíci +2

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

  • @anthonyjeffries2654
    @anthonyjeffries2654 Před 27 dny

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

  • @megscott222
    @megscott222 Před 10 měsíci +15

    I don't believe this guy, he's leaving too much out.

  • @mhofi
    @mhofi Před 10 měsíci +15

    His story is sus AF. He's not as innocent as he makes it

    • @zubia777
      @zubia777 Před 3 měsíci

      maybe u r brainwashed bcz everyone experienced the same. its not sus. its a fact that u dont want to accept. its sad how brainwashed you r and see these people as animals not human. Go learn some humanity and stop watching fox news!!

    • @zubia777
      @zubia777 Před 3 měsíci

      there are multiple documentaries and even proven by us themselves that almost most of the prisoners were innocent and held without any trial etc. tortured like unalive beings. THis is reality. And you cannot change how barbaric those agencies are.

  • @scottyharp
    @scottyharp Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci +10

      Not at all. This guys story is mostly BS

    • @hollystiener16
      @hollystiener16 Před 10 měsíci +6

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

    • @mar.c1
      @mar.c1 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@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

  • @glennmorris9334
    @glennmorris9334 Před 8 měsíci +2

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

  • @joshbrooks5171
    @joshbrooks5171 Před 10 měsíci +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..

  • @kikoabril6520
    @kikoabril6520 Před 10 měsíci

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

  • @UseAnAdblocker
    @UseAnAdblocker Před 10 měsíci +9

    I've spoken with American ex military. It's standard protocol to dehumanise the enemy in order for them to be able to slaughter innocent civilians, women, children and enemy combatants alike. The normal human psychopathy does not allow for the taking of human life without significant consequences. By perceiving these people as less than human, the atrocities and horrific treatment we hear about is not just possible, but also encouraged. The concept of drone warfare (essentially remote control killing) came about solely because of the proliferation of PTSD among US military because of the mentality required to treat human beings as these "humanitarians" do.

    • @BlutoandCo
      @BlutoandCo Před 10 měsíci +3

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @patrickmusson4571
    @patrickmusson4571 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Look up the Stanford prison experiment

    • @305judith
      @305judith Před 9 měsíci

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

    • @catherinegrace2366
      @catherinegrace2366 Před 9 měsíci +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 Před 8 měsíci

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

  • @matthoskin3572
    @matthoskin3572 Před 6 měsíci +1

    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.

  • @aetheronautsomnid5261
    @aetheronautsomnid5261 Před 10 měsíci +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.

  • @ThePlonker
    @ThePlonker Před 6 měsíci

    TWODDLE!! This guy was was a militant for sure

  • @jip4709
    @jip4709 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 8 měsíci +1

      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 Před 7 měsíci +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 Před 7 měsíci

      @@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 Před 7 měsíci +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.

  • @beautifullybrilliant7542
    @beautifullybrilliant7542 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Russian troll 😂

    • @kn9300
      @kn9300 Před 10 měsíci

      This guys story is mostly bullshit

  • @stiffchocolate7546
    @stiffchocolate7546 Před 8 měsíci +2

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

  • @beastiebear7231
    @beastiebear7231 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci +3

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

  • @davidlinehat4657
    @davidlinehat4657 Před 10 dny

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

  • @NathalieMH-jm4gw
    @NathalieMH-jm4gw Před 10 měsíci

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

  • @jamesmccormick875
    @jamesmccormick875 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Six days without water would normally kill an average person.

  • @claytonsharrard1900
    @claytonsharrard1900 Před měsícem

    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.

  • @patriciapatricia9040
    @patriciapatricia9040 Před 10 měsíci +13

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

    • @Adamrevertislam
      @Adamrevertislam Před 10 měsíci

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

    • @timhefty504
      @timhefty504 Před 10 měsíci +2

      ​@@Adamrevertislam what?!

    • @Adamrevertislam
      @Adamrevertislam Před 10 měsíci

      @@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

  • @LennonZA
    @LennonZA Před 8 měsíci +7

    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"

  • @mongedbongjovi7817
    @mongedbongjovi7817 Před 10 měsíci +7

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

  • @nicole_silvers
    @nicole_silvers Před 8 měsíci +1

    If an American goes to a muslim country, the locals will drag them off the street and beat and rape them, and usually kill them! Or they will take them and beat them, rape them, and hold them for ransom. Sometimes they bury them alive in wood coffins and won't let them out until the ransom is paid. So I don't wanna hear him talk and act like America/Americans are so bad because our locals don't treat muslims who come here like that, and even if we did, we'd be arrested and locked up if they reported it to police. So they can come here and live among us, but Americans would be risking their life to even visit a muslim country! I'm so sick of their double standards! I don't condone any abuse or assault, but let's just be honest about the major differences between a muslim in America vs an American in a muslim country.

  • @joshbrooks5171
    @joshbrooks5171 Před 10 měsíci +24

    Just winding me up listening to this guy, how naive does he think we are 😂

    • @lindylayton-zt2ws
      @lindylayton-zt2ws Před 9 měsíci

      He doesn't know you to think you are naive

    • @mar.c1
      @mar.c1 Před 3 měsíci

      If he's a liar the government wouldnt have paid him to not go to court

  • @StaytrueStayyou
    @StaytrueStayyou Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 2 měsíci

      You'd just look over your neighbors fence huh

  • @Beavs_POV
    @Beavs_POV Před 6 měsíci +1

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

  • @nicksterp2805
    @nicksterp2805 Před 10 měsíci +7

    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

  • @RAGNAAAA
    @RAGNAAAA Před 10 měsíci +3

    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 Před 10 měsíci

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

  • @antsy8994
    @antsy8994 Před 10 měsíci +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.

  • @wotsits7874
    @wotsits7874 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Needs more dragons & fire

  • @nathaliecarluccio7559
    @nathaliecarluccio7559 Před 10 měsíci +6

    How horrible 😢😢 no one deserves this 😢😢😢

  • @crusaderadrift5138
    @crusaderadrift5138 Před 10 měsíci +8

    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!

  • @stevejones8486
    @stevejones8486 Před 10 měsíci +7

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

    • @sk190
      @sk190 Před 10 měsíci

      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.

  • @okami93kage91
    @okami93kage91 Před 9 měsíci +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.

  • @beastiebear7231
    @beastiebear7231 Před 10 měsíci +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.

  • @_-000-_
    @_-000-_ Před 10 měsíci +39

    Why do I find it hard to believe a word that comes out his mouth? I hope I`m wrong.

    • @batteryincorporated
      @batteryincorporated Před 10 měsíci +14

      You’re absolutely wrong. It is well known documented and papers where released.

    • @Daniel-tr7qy
      @Daniel-tr7qy Před 10 měsíci +11

      Sounds like a particular bias you might have there my man.

    • @_-000-_
      @_-000-_ Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@Daniel-tr7qy and what would that be? "my man"

    • @_-000-_
      @_-000-_ Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@batteryincorporated good to know, thanks 👍

    • @PurePeacePower
      @PurePeacePower Před 10 měsíci

      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.

  • @rokokire9588
    @rokokire9588 Před 10 měsíci +2

    😮

  • @blastedpotato
    @blastedpotato Před 9 měsíci

    I am from Bangladesh too

  • @rachelw5193
    @rachelw5193 Před 10 měsíci +25

    He hardly knew about 9/11 because he was only 17?? I was 8 and remember it vividly 😅

    • @boomshakalaka-nc8yz
      @boomshakalaka-nc8yz Před 9 měsíci

      And I was 11 but I can't remember nothing cos u don't choose wot u remember and wot u don't u fool

    • @Sammit00
      @Sammit00 Před 3 měsíci +4

      I guess if you’re a non-American on holiday in a non-American country it doesn’t seem much more significant than hearing about a landslide or a hurricane in any other country you’ve never been to

    • @tmn948
      @tmn948 Před 3 měsíci

      Yup I'm pretty sure most of the world knew about 9/11. I was same about 8 and I can remember it like it was yesterday

  • @dansactive756
    @dansactive756 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 9 měsíci +3

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

    • @natrixxirtan
      @natrixxirtan Před 6 měsíci

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

    • @theshed3641
      @theshed3641 Před 6 měsíci

      @@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

  • @sk190
    @sk190 Před 10 měsíci +2

    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.

  • @callummcpike4894
    @callummcpike4894 Před 10 měsíci +3

    He defo bought a corner shop with his payout

  • @MB-uv4qu
    @MB-uv4qu Před 10 měsíci +3

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

  • @-FlyingDutchman-
    @-FlyingDutchman- Před 10 měsíci +30

    Had a nice listening to this story. Don't believe everything the man said, especially the beginning, but I still think there is some truth in the story.

    • @Abs-xl4gb
      @Abs-xl4gb Před 10 měsíci +7

      Same. I believe a lot of what he said but the story doesn't add up at all at the beginning. I mean did his friend get married then they left or did they just decide to leave after the wedding leaving the bride behind. Just 4 young men travelling about.
      I'm not saying he was a terrorist but a young naive sympathiser that got in way too deep yes I think so

    • @RAGNAAAA
      @RAGNAAAA Před 10 měsíci +3

      ​@@Abs-xl4gbexactly. The beginning he's for sure lying. The timing and the innocent story... The Americans wouldn't of just took them for the sake of it...

    • @PurePeacePower
      @PurePeacePower Před 10 měsíci

      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.

    • @roadhousemusic
      @roadhousemusic Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@RAGNAAAA you know nothing so stop acting like you do buddy.

    • @glennmorris9334
      @glennmorris9334 Před 8 měsíci

      What part do you believe??hiding in the night listening to apache hele's(??)the lorry exploding,he's a bowel.

  • @lisajeter9511
    @lisajeter9511 Před 9 měsíci

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

  • @ashleyporter6364
    @ashleyporter6364 Před 10 měsíci +2

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

  • @trevordollar4828
    @trevordollar4828 Před 8 měsíci +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.

  • @RAGNAAAA
    @RAGNAAAA Před 10 měsíci +6

    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

  • @richwhitfield5181
    @richwhitfield5181 Před 10 měsíci +5

    If he was completely in the wrong place at the wrong time, why, when he got back to the UK, would he say no comment when they questioned him? If innocent then surely he'd be shouting it out loud? I would! And how do you just drop a case you have against the US and not know what's happening?, surely his solicitor would be keeping him informed? Sketchy as fk. 🤔

    • @cecilieward9914
      @cecilieward9914 Před 9 měsíci +3

      You never know what you would do in this situation as you aren’t there. He never knew what would be used against him, lawyers exercise this even for the innocent.

  • @user-jr1rf1ck8u
    @user-jr1rf1ck8u Před 6 měsíci

    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 🤔