Ahmed, Ruhal - short clip - Shampoo

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-	There was two MPs, they was probably my age, very young.	0:00
	And they was like- They was probably the best soldiers,	0:03
	the nicest people I've met in my entire life.	0:06
	They was so down to earth, it was unbelievable.	0:09
	You couldn't get any better people than these two guys.	0:11
	They would bring us like ice creams, sneak us ice cream,	0:15
	Snickers, Mars, Ben and Jerry's in the night.	0:18
	When they do night shift, there was a chair room	0:21
	and get food and Coke. You know? You name it.	0:23
	They should bring it sneaky,	0:26
	underneath their pockets and come and give it to us.	0:28
	And the one- I used to have long hair in Guantanamo,	0:30
	I actually grew my hair. So it was quite long,	0:31
	it's probably like long as probably my shoulder.	0:33
	And obviously, having no shampoo and having no conditioner	0:36
	you have a lot of knots in your hair.	0:40
	So, I asked for a comb and I asked for	0:42
	some Pantene shampoo and conditioner.	0:45
	And they actually went out	0:49
	and bought this for me and gave it to me.	0:50
	And what they did, they have every individual has a file.	0:52
	On this file, it tells you what you're allowed to have,	0:57
	what that individual is allowed to have.	0:59
	So what they did, they actually wrote in there	1:01
	he's allowed to have a comb, he's allowed	1:04
	to have shampoo and the container.	1:07
	So, the other soldiers would come and say,	1:08
	"Hang on, he's got Pantene? What's happening here?"	1:11
	And they would like, you know, the ones who are not so nice,	1:14
	not so friendly, they would like be	1:18
	very, very pissed off and angry.	1:19
	The fact that I've got a comb and I got Pantene	1:21
	and them like basically, "Well, we don't get this kind of	1:24
	treatment from the army. So why should he?"	1:26
	I said, "Well, why don't you go and look at your paperwork?"	1:28
	and he would go when I say, "He's allowed to have it."	1:30
	(woman laughs)	1:33

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Title:

Ahmed, Ruhal - short clip - Shampoo

Date:

August 16, 2009

Interviewer:

Honigsberg, Peter Jan

Interviewee:

Ahmed, Ruhal

Role:

Detainee

Description:

This interview may include descriptions of violence.
Detainee Number US9UK-000110DP
Ruhal Ahmed, male, age 28, British, was detained in Guantanamo from February 11, 2002 until March 9, 2004, when he was returned to Britain, and released without charge.
Description was provided by Witness to Guantanamo.

Subject:

United Kingdom

Format:

oral histories

Language:

English

Extent:

2:27:29

Digital Collection:

Witness to Guantanamo

Source Collection:

Witness to Guantanamo Video Collection, 2009-2017

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