Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane
Born	August 5, 1973(1973-08-05) Roskilde, Denmark
Detained at	Guantanamo
ISN	323
Charge(s)	No charge (held in extrajudicial detention)
Occupation	Repatriated

Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane (born August 5, 1973) is a citizen of Denmark who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.^[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 323. The US Department of Defense reports he was born on August 5, 1973, in Roskilde, Denmark. His mother is Danish and his father is Algerian.^[2]

Abderrahmane was captured, in December 2001, in Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border.^[3]

Abderrahmane's explanation for how he came to be captured was that he had traveled there to enroll in an Afghan military training camp to undergoing training so he could go fight with Muslim rebels in Chechnya.^[3]

Abderrahmane was held in Guantanamo Bay for over two years.^[4] According to an article in US News & World Report he was released in spite of reservations from US security officials because the Danes had threatened to withdraw their troops if he was not released.

After his release Abderrahmane announced plans to travel to fight in Chechnya.^[3] He said he regarded the document he signed promising not to take part in terrorist activity as "toilet paper". Danish security officials talked him out of his trip.

He has said that Denmark's role in the Occupation of Iraq meant that he thought Danish leaders were legitimate military targets.^[3]

On 10 October 2007 in the Copenhagen suburb of Greve, Abderrahmane was sentenced to 10 months in jail for the theft of two passports and three creditcards which he used to withdraw more than 110,000 Danish kroner (approximately US$ 20,000). The items were stolen from the mail sorting office where Abderrahmane was working under a new Danish name. Police only recovered a small proportion of the stolen money and it is unknown where or how the remainder of the money was spent. During the trial, Abderrahmane used his right to remain silent and refused to testify. He also refused to speak to or co-operate with his assigned lawyer.

[edit] References

1. ^ OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 
2. ^ BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Danish detainee 'to join rebels'
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "Danish detainee 'to join rebels'". BBC,. September 30, 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3704176.stm. Retrieved 2007-01-05. 
4. ^ Mark Mazzetti (8 March 2004). "Getting A Free Pass: Anger over a deal to release a `terrorist'". US News & World Report. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/040308/8gitmo.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-05.