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stan.” 191 Both thought they might have been taken to a location not far from where they
were previously detained, but neither could be sure. They suspected the plane and helicopter
flights were intended to deceive them into thinking they had been moved far away
because their captors, who they again alleged were Americans, seemed to go to a lot of
effort, in addition to the flights, to make them think they were somewhere else. 192 They
brought in food from places like Turkey and Germany, Shoroeiya said. 193 They asked them
where they thought they were and when they answered Afghanistan, they asked them,
“Why, how can you be sure?” 194
Shoroeiya said the structure of the second location differed from the first in that it was
more like a building than a hangar. 195 Sharif also said the facility was much newer: “This
place was brand new. We could tell it was new because everything in it was new, even the
toilets, and there were all new cameras, and all new microphones and speakers every-
where.” 196 Shoroeiya also said there were cameras everywhere. 197 In the prior location,
Sharif said, there were not cameras and microphones everywhere, just loudspeakers.
Shoroeiya described the building itself where the cells were contained as being “closed
and tight.” 198 The cells themselves had only a door, not a gate, and there was “no ventila-
tion at all in there.” 199 Sharif also said “it was all closed in, no bars, just walls.” 200 This
191 Human Rights Watch interview with Shoroeiya, March 18, 2012.
192 Human Rights Watch interviews with Sharif, March 14, 2012; and Shoroeiya, March 18, 2012.
193 Human Rights Watch interview with Shoroeiya, March 18, 2012.
194 Ibid. Shoroeiya and Sharif were not the only prisoners who believed the facility was in Afghanistan. This belief was
shared by Marwan Jabour, a detainee who was brought to the site in June 2004 after being previously held in Pakistan and
who provides further corroboration of Shoroeiya and Sharif’s testimony. Not only did Jabour offer similar descriptions of the
facility and the treatment he received, but he also identified by name some of the prisoners who had arrived from Afghanistan
with Shoroeiya and Sharif. Jabour said that at one point during a break in noise at the facility, a number of prisoners
gave their names. These included “Adnan” (Maghrebi), Abu Yassir al-Jazeeri, and Ayoub al-Libi (an alias for Mustafa Jawda
al-Mehdi, who was also interviewed for this report). Human Rights Watch, Ghost Prisoner, p. 13-14, 21.
195 Human Rights Watch telephone interview with Shoroeiya, May 8, 2012.
196 Human Rights Watch interview with Sharif, March 14, 2012.
197 Human Rights Watch interview with Shoroeiya, March 18, 2012.
198 Ibid.
199 Ibid.
200 Human Rights Watch interview with Sharif, March 14, 2012.
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