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Ex-Guantanamo detainees struggle in Uruguay
The Associated Press ^ | Mar 2, 3:27 PM EST | Peter Prengaman

Posted on 03/02/2015 2:50:45 PM PST by keat

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Every day during the 12 1/2 years he was imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay as a suspected al-Qaida operative, Adel bin Muhammad El Ouerghi dreamed of freedom.

But since his release along with five other detainees in December, the 50-year-old Tunisian has struggled to cope with freedom as he never dreamed. Resettled in a foreign land, surrounded by a language he doesn't understand, he finds the challenges of everyday life to be daunting.

"In Guantanamo, we only thought about leaving," El Ouerghi said in rapid-fire Arabic. "Here we have to think about food, clothes, all kinds of things."

El Ouerghi and 34-year old Omar Abdelahdi Faraj of Syria spoke with The Associated Press at the four-bedroom, one-bathroom house they share with the other former detainees in a middle-class neighborhood of Montevideo - the first such interviews since their release. They declined to talk about their time at Guantanamo or to provide details about how they ended up there, citing reasons that ranged from fear of reprisal to a desire to leave the past behind.

The six men - four Syrians, a Palestinian and a Tunisian - all were detained in 2002 for suspected ties to al-Qaida. Leaked U.S. military documents describe hardened militants.

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Boo-Hoo alert
1 posted on 03/02/2015 2:50:45 PM PST by keat
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To: keat

This is a LIE:

They have been offered jobs NUMEROUS times and they REFUSE to work.

MORE:

They have been REPEATEDLY interviewed down there, almost non-stop.

LAZY AND DISHONEST AS HELL.


2 posted on 03/02/2015 2:54:43 PM PST by gaijin
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To: keat

They’re too good to do the work they’ve been offered, living on welfare.


3 posted on 03/02/2015 3:01:49 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: keat

Better to have put a bullet into him than have him in Uruguay.


4 posted on 03/02/2015 3:04:19 PM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: keat

Are these the guys that refuse to Work ,LOL


5 posted on 03/02/2015 3:04:51 PM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: gaijin
FTA: "Here we have to think about food, clothes, all kinds of things."

They have been offered jobs NUMEROUS times and they REFUSE to work.

LAZY AND DISHONEST AS HELL.

Sounds like they have become democrats.

6 posted on 03/02/2015 3:08:22 PM PST by Iron Munro (Mark Steyn: "fundamentally transformed" is a euphemism for "wrecked beyond repair.")
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To: keat

Wouldn’t the humane thing be to put them out of their misery?


7 posted on 03/02/2015 3:13:16 PM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: keat

Yeah, it’s tough when you leave Islam for another religion! Didn’t he curse Mohamed or something???

Where does he live?


8 posted on 03/02/2015 3:23:29 PM PST by Dogbert41 (All the days of my life were written in your book before there was one of them!)
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To: keat

I heard they let him go because he gave us so much good intel on his buddies.


9 posted on 03/02/2015 3:24:50 PM PST by Dogbert41 (All the days of my life were written in your book before there was one of them!)
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IT'S GO TIME!
Less than $4.4k to go!!

10 posted on 03/02/2015 3:34:50 PM PST by RedMDer (Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!)
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To: keat

The story I got was that these six guys, who live in a middle-class neighborhood of Montevideo, have targets with Mohamed’s face on them, fastened over their urinals.


11 posted on 03/02/2015 4:41:50 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: keat

Hmmm, do they have EBT cards down there? An EBT card, rent subsidies, ObamaPhone, etc. will go a long way to keep struggling terrorists from a life of crime.


12 posted on 03/02/2015 4:44:43 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Truth is treason in the Empire of lies. - Ron Paul)
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To: Born to Conserve
The story I got was that these six guys, who live in a middle-class neighborhood of Montevideo, have targets with Mohamed’s face on them, fastened over their urinals.

Oh, yeah. The same guys that wipe their a$$es with pages from the Koran. You got it.

13 posted on 03/02/2015 4:51:26 PM PST by keat
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To: keat
My heart goes out to the poor guy. The horror of freedom, with no fellow terrorists to tell him what to think. I will happily provide a bullet so he can find peace.
14 posted on 03/02/2015 5:08:44 PM PST by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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To: keat

To the “folks” in Uraguay:

If you like your terrorists,you can keep your terrorists.


15 posted on 03/02/2015 6:51:14 PM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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