A former prisoner in the so-called “war on terror” has come forward to recount his ordeal in US custody. Khaled al-Maqtari says he was held in isolation for nearly three years at an unknown site. A Yemeni citizen, Maqtari was arrested in Iraq in 2004 and first sent to Abu Ghraib. There, Maqtari says, he was subjected to beatings, sleep deprivation, suspension upside-down in painful positions, intimidation by dogs and induced hypothermia. After nine days, Maqtari was flown to a secret CIA jail in Afghanistan, where he says he was subjected to further torture for another three months. In April 2004, Maqtari says he was transferred again to another secret site, possibly in Eastern Europe, where he was held for nearly three years in isolation until his release.