War on Terror Watch: Binyam Mohamed Released from Guantanamo Bay

British resident Binyam Mohamed, who has been detained in US-run facilities since 2002, is on his way back to the UK from Guantanamo Bay.

Mohamed said as he left Guantanamo, "I have been through an experience that I never thought to encounter in my darkest nightmares. Before this ordeal, 'torture' was an abstract word for me. I could never have imagined that I would be its victim. It is difficult for me to believe that I was abducted, hauled from one country to the next, and tortured in medieval ways -- all orchestrated by the United States government."

British authorities have not said whether he will be held on his arrival in Britain for questioning, as has happened with previous detainees returning from Guantanamo. Clive Stafford-Smith, who has led the campaign for Mohamed's release, said, "He just wants to go somewhere very quiet and try to recover. Every moment that he is held compounds the abuse he has endured."