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Yadel, Brahim - short clip - FirstInterrogation

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	(foreign language)	0:00
Interpreter	When you're being interrogated,	0:02
	there are two guards who come to get you,	0:04
	they check the number of your kid,	0:06
	they ask you to kneel down in the back of the cage	0:08
	with your hands on your head.	0:11
	But that part is awful because when they open the door,	0:12
	they rush on top of us just to tie us down.	0:15
	So all at once we find ourselves tied down,	0:18
	hands handcuffed to the waist	0:20
	with a chain that goes down to our feet.	0:22
	Chains are attached directly right against our feet,	0:24
	against the skin like this.	0:27
	So we need to keep our head down.	0:29
	The guard is holding us by the hand and by the chain	0:31
	and that is how they lead us with our head down	0:33
	to the interrogation room.	0:36
	The room is outside.	0:38
	The interrogation rooms were prefabricated, made of wood.	0:40
	And once you got inside, there would be two guards	0:44
	plus another guard inside armed with a gun.	0:47
	So I was sitting down on a chair chained on the floor	0:49
	because there was a lock there	0:52
	so that since I was already wearing the chain,	0:54
	all they had to do was to fasten the lock unto the chain.	0:56
	So I was shackled to the floor and facing me,	1:00
	were the two guards plus another armed guard,	1:03
	plus the interrogators, one of them in civilian clothes	1:06
	and one from the military, plus a French translator.	1:09
	And so there, it was the first time.	1:13
	So they explained to me nothing.	1:15
	They started to interrogate me right away.	1:17

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Detainee Number US9FR-000371DP
Brahim Yadel, male, age 38, French, was detained in Guantanamo from January 2002 until July 26, 2004, when he was released to France.
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