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Guantanamo Bay: British Resident Binyam Mohamed Returns To Britain | UK News | Sky News

Guantanamo Bay: British Resident Binyam Mohamed Returns To Britain | UK News | Sky News: "Ethiopian-born Mr Mohamed, 30, had been held at Guantanamo Bay since September 2004.

He was arrested in Pakistan in 2002 after the US launched its war on terror.

Mr Mohamed claims he was secretly flown to Morocco and tortured before being moved to Afghanistan and then Cuba.

He also alleges he was tortured into falsely confessing to terrorist activities and claims MI5 officers were complicit in his abuse."

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