I was 18 when they sent me to Guantanamo. The system that allowed it never went away
I was 18 when they sent me to Guantanamo. The system that allowed it never went away Submitted by Mansoor Adayfi on Wed, 09/09/2026 - 20:45 Mansoor Adayfi was a student when the 'war on terror' turned him into a number. Twenty-five years later, he argues that the machinery behind his imprisonment has found new targets Growing up as a child in Yemen , I never thought the day would come when I…
At eighteen years old, Mansoor Adayfi found himself in the grip of the war on terror, thrust into the unknown when he was 18 and sent to Guantanamo. Before September 11, 2001, his life remained unremarkable in Yemen. As he grew older, he yearned to study computer science abroad. In an attempt to fulfill his dream, he embarked on a journey that would eventually lead him to the infamous detention facility.
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