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"b-9028 (Rev. 10-6-95) - Continisadan of FD-302 of eo got into one , truck, = got into. another trick full of tata - 4, BIC ane b7pD -1 b7F -1 b6 4 “bic -d4 -b7D -1 |. (bTF -1 bé -4_ pre —4 b7D -1 bT7F -1 ' the punctures in the metal container may have come from. gunfire: | He does-not belie eve that hales awere © present prior to his lacking « out. 7 : Os wee 265A-MM-C99102, © 2. BIC 4 a - 3 ba -1 a BUF -1+ on O1/ 29 /2003 e 2 The incis drove fora while and stopped a at an ‘unknown location son {ew one nig: 7 ‘tall, caucasian, Amencan looking’ man who was w e jeans: The man was taking pictures of. ° - the trucks and the occupants. The man-then left an “Vaid not-see him again. The trucks started ‘up again.and drove off, Atnight, they arrived at Mazar-e-Sharif. saw lines of people holding - guns. The truck th as im backed up to a large c container an | the occupants, of the t bed of the ’ truck: ‘WETE: forced. ante: the container: . *- aa see Le tee eg vn, Femeesitesztes the container as < béing red in ‘color looking like a shipping container. " tw was about the size of 6 detainee cells-at Camp Delta, but wider.. It had no windows and only small. ° holes near the top for ventilation. The container was made of metal. estimated that at least 100 inen were forced into‘the container. The container was thenclosed. People inside began to screarm and ~ bang‘on the outside of the.container, but no. one opened it:[___ blacked out due.to-lack of air while- | - it was still dark outside. He came to “when:it was.light and-noticed thaf it appeared there were new holes in the outside-wall of the container. He noticed that the metal was pushed inward, towards the people . ~ inside the container, as if something had punctured the container from the outside. “He said he had a. grazing type wound on his right elbow which he thought may have been from a bullet. pen a g Punchire ad noticed the man next. to ‘hime was 5 dead. “He saw: green: n-fosm ¢ coming from the: Tans" ‘s mouth. had not eaten or drank anything fortwo days. le was still not given anything to eat.or drink; The men-in-the container tock cloths and-rubbed them against the ceiling of the container to get the condensation that had accumulated, there. They ning the cloths out so > they could drink the water. Dot, are J . wet og believes he was i 1 the container for approkimately 24 hours, ‘He estimated that : only about 30 people : survived the ordeal. When the contained was finally cpeasd| otc the people whé opened the container wore the same type of civilian clothes he had seem Garher on the Norther Alliance soldiers. - ag put into the container at Mazar-e-Shanf and when it was opened they were at Sabergaan J J aul. - he container had been moved while he was init-. © . A doctor treated his: arm with, iodine. after bis release, oo te . 7 ‘ould not say why he was ‘put into the container. He thought it might have been: : bec ause he looked. more like an Afghani than a Pakistani. did not see what happened to the . deceased, but later heard that the captures had gone through their pockets and taken money and personal items. The dead were put into a big hole and buried. He also heard that some of the meh whe were too . weak to get out of the container on their own were put into the hole also. ; | The U.S. soldiers arrived at Sabergaan jail about one’ ‘moath ofterf_]was released from the - conan initial capture and placement into the container weré the three worst days of his life. _ RESPONSES- 219 ‘a