Abdul Rahman Muhammad Nasir Qasim al-Yaf'i
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Abdul Rahman Muhammad Nasir Qasim al-Yaf'i is a Yemeni man, who was taken from Egypt by American forces in October 2000, and sent to Jordan. He was one of 14 people subjected to extraordinary rendition
by the CIA prior to the 2001 declaration of a War on Terror
. He was returned to Yemen after five months of interrogation.
Extraordinary rendition
Extraordinary rendition is the abduction and illegal transfer of a person from one nation to another. "Torture by proxy" is used by some critics to describe situations in which the United States and the United Kingdom have transferred suspected terrorists to other countries in order to torture the...
by the CIA prior to the 2001 declaration of a War on Terror
War on Terror
The War on Terror is a term commonly applied to an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation as well as non-NATO countries...
. He was returned to Yemen after five months of interrogation.