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| birth_date = c. {{birth year and age|1963}}<ref name=NyTimes2006-07-07/> |
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| birth_place = [[Algeria]] |
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| arrest_date = 10 May 2003 |
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| arrest_place = [[Tanzania]] |
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| release_date = August 2004 |
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| release_place = [[Tunisia]] |
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| detained_at = The [[Salt Pit]] |
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| alias = Ramzi ben Mizauni ben Fraj |
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| charge = None |
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| penalty = [[Administrative detention|Extrajudicial detention]] |
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| status = Released |
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| occupation = [[al-Haramain Foundation|Charity branch]] director (former)<ref name=NyTimes2006-07-07/> |
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== Capture and torture == |
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He was apprehended because of a taped telephone conversation in which the word ''tayrat'', meaning "tires" in colloquial Arabic, was mistaken for a similarly sounding word (with a slightly different "T" sound) meaning "airplanes."<ref name=NyTimes2006-07-07> |
He was apprehended because of a taped telephone conversation in which the word ''tayrat'', meaning "tires" in colloquial Arabic, was mistaken for a similarly sounding word (with a slightly different "T" sound) meaning "airplanes."<ref name=NyTimes2006-07-07> |
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Revision as of 02:30, 15 November 2023
| Laid Saidi | |
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| Born | c. 1963 (age 60–61)[1] Algeria |
| Arrested | 10 May 2003 Tanzania |
| Released | August 2004 Tunisia |
| Detained at | The Salt Pit |
| Other name(s) | Ramzi ben Mizauni ben Fraj |
| Charge(s) | None |
| Penalty | Extrajudicial detention |
| Status | Released |
| Occupation | Charity branch director (former)[1] |
Laid Saidi (born c. 1963) is an Algerian who was imprisoned, for 16 months, in a CIA black site in Afghanistan called the "Salt Pit". Saidi claims to have spent months in the dark prison prior to his detention in the Salt Pit.
Capture and torture
He was apprehended because of a taped telephone conversation in which the word tayrat, meaning "tires" in colloquial Arabic, was mistaken for a similarly sounding word (with a slightly different "T" sound) meaning "airplanes."[1]
Saidi worked for Al-Haramain Foundation, a Saudi charity organization. He was arrested in Tanzania in July 2003 and rendered to Afghanistan via Malawi, where he was "handed over to Malawian authorities in plainclothes who were accompanied by two middle-aged Caucasian men wearing jeans and t-shirts."[2][3]
Aftermath
Saidi said that scars on his wrists were from being suspended from the ceiling by his hands.[2] American officials assert that they stopped using this form of torture after it led to the deaths of two Afghans, Habibullah and Dilawar in Bagram, in December 2002. Saidi described months of confusing interrogations, during which his interrogators kept insisting that he had spoken cryptically of planes during a telephone conversation. When the tape the Americans had made of this conversation was finally played for him, Saidi described being surprised to realize all these questions and torture were due to a simple misunderstanding, that could have easily been dealt with, without months of torture.
Following the release of the 600 page unclassified summary of the United States Senate Intelligence Committee's report on CIA torture, further details of the CIA's torture of him was made public.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Smith, Craig S.; Mekhennet, Souad (2006-07-07). "Algerian Tells of Dark Term in U.S. Hands". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-04-23.
- ^ a b Taylor, Jerome (2006-07-09). "CIA sent me to be tortured in Afghan prison, says Algerian". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05.
- ^ Lee, Richard (2013-02-05). "SADC States Aided Illegal CIA Renditions". AllAfrica.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-05.
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Roller, Emma; Nelson, Rebecca (2014-12-10). "What CIA Interrogators Did To 17 Detainees Without Approval". National Journal. Archived from the original on 2015-05-11.
Abu Hudhaifa was subjected to baths in which ice water was used, standing sleep deprivation for 66 hours that was discontinued due to a swollen leg attributed to prolonged standing, nudity, and dietary manipulation.