Guantanamo’s funniest detainee is single and ready to mingle

Blake Stilwell
Feb 5, 2020 7:02 PM PST
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Guantanamo’s funniest detainee is single and ready to mingle

SUMMARY

Ladies, a high-value al-Qaeda detainee at the U.S. prison facility in Guantanamo Bay is looking for love. Check out his profile on Match.com, because he can’t get on Tinder from his cell and Plenty of Fish asks too many questions. “Th…

Ladies, a high-value al-Qaeda detainee at the U.S. prison facility in Guantanamo Bay is looking for love. Check out his profile on Match.com, because he can't get on Tinder from his cell and Plenty of Fish asks too many questions.


"This is terrible news about Ashley Madison," he writes. "Please remove my profile immediately!!! I'll stick with Match.com, even though you say it is for old people. There is no way I can get Tinder in here."

(International Red Cross via Rahim family)

Muhammad Rahim al-Afghani was captured in Pakistan in 2007 and held by the CIA before his transfer to the prison. He keeps a robust sense of humor despite being tortured while detained by the CIA. Afghani actually does maintain a Match.com profile and comments on the latest news, trends, and pop culture in the United States through letters to his lawyer.

"Donald Trump is an idiot!!! Sen. McAin [sic]is a war hero. Trump is a war zero," he wrote in a letter acquired by Al-Jazeera. "He bankrupted the USFL, and now he wants to bankrupt the U.S. At this rate, Hillary has a chance."

Afghani was the last prisoner sent to Guantanamo Bay, arriving in March 2008.

He has access to news, magazines, and international television inside the facility. Referring to Caitlyn Jenner, the transgender reality personality who caused an online stir when she received ESPN's Arthur Ashe Courage Award, he said he is "happy for her because people are born how they are." He did question her political views, however. "How is she a Republican? They want to take her rights away."

He had one bit of advice for Ms. Jenner: "Tell her to use spray tan for her legs."

Afghani has never been charged with a crime. Retired General and former CIA director Michael Hayden says Aghani is detained because of his past and his continued threat to American interests. Afghani believes his high-value status comes because he was tortured in custody. He was sleep deprived for 138 hours in 2007, standing while wearing a diaper, and given only liquid ensure to eat.

He advised his civilian lawyer, Carlos Warner, a federal public defender, to take Obama "straight to the post" if he ever had the chance to play with the President. Afghani is an avid basketball and Cavaliers fan. He is happy about LeBron's return to Cleveland.

"Miami is a good place to visit, but no one wants to live there. It's too greasy and hot. But I feel this way: As the great Bret Michaels once said — 'Although the wound heals, the scar Remains!!!"

While Afghani has access to news, the events he discusses may not always be current. Afghani once asked Warner if he could do the Gangnam Style dance for him, but needed some help first.

"I like this new song 'Gangnam Style,'" he wrote. "I want to do the dance for you but cannot because of my shackles. Please ask to have this changed."

In all seriousness, he repeats the need for a military lawyer, which may be why he enjoys displaying his knowledge of American popular culture, in an effort to stay relevant.

"Give me a trial. Let me be free," he wrote to his civilian lawyer. Afghani request a military lawyer "How can I get justice without a military lawyer?" He had a military lawyer but that lawyer retired and was not replaced. When wikileaks released documents about the detainees left in Guantanamo, there were none about Afghani.

Afghani will likely be rejected by ChristianMingle and eHarmony.

 

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