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 to the al Faroug Base outside of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Detainee (through translator): I was taken to a camp. I was not aware that it was al Faroug. Mujahedin was the main focus of the training.

Presiding Officer: You expected to go to a training base?

Detainee (through translator): Yes.

Presiding Officer: Thank you.

Designated Military Officer: (3.a.8) At the conclusion of their training, the detainee and his friend were returned to the guest house in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The detainee purchased clothing at the market in Kandahar, Afghanistan and then went to Kabul, Afghanistan the next day to join the fighting.

Detainee (through translator): True.

Designated Military Officer: (3.a.9) The first two weeks in Kabul, the detainee was in the rear helping with the kitchen. He was then issued a Kalashnikov rifle and sent to the front lines where he fought for five to six months. After a month and a half as an infantryman, the detainee was given a basic refresher course on how to operate the rocket-propelled grenade and became a rocket-propelled grenade operator for his unit. During this time, he was assigned to the Marwan Artillery Center.

Detainee (through translator): True. All of it.

Designated Military Officer: (3.b) Training. (3.b.1) At age nineteen, the detainee enlisted in the Saudi Army. This was during the Gulf War with Iraq. He served as a marine amphibious tanker in the Saudi Army. According to the detainee, he was essentially a soldier who rode to the battlefield in the back of a tank. He trained at Rais al Gard and learned to use a 9 mm pistol and a Hechler & Koch G-3 assault rifle.

Detainee (through translator): Yes. True.

Designated Military Officer: (3.b.2) Basic training in the Saudi Army typically lasts nine months, but due to the Gulf War, the detainee's training period was reduced to 45 days. He was then deployed to an area approximately 45 kilometers southeast of Khafji, Saudi Arabia which was referred to as Rais Mi Shab. He served on the second line and did not see combat. While there, he trained with soldiers from the United States.

Detainee (through translator): True.

Presiding Officer: When you served with the United States soldiers in the Gulf War,