GUANTANAMO PRISONER HAS MATCH.COM DATING PROFILE

A Guantanamo Bay prisoner has an online dating profile. Muhammad Rahim al-Afghani is looking for love on Match.com from the confines of the prison camp, where he has been held since 2007. According to his lawyer Carlos Warner, who monitors the account, al-Afghani set up the profile in 2012. With the location set to ‘Guantanamo Bay’, his tag line reads, ‘detained but ready to mingle’ – and he gets matches every day. Al-Afghani, who is accused of being a close associate of Osama bin Laden but has not been given a trial, made his foray into the ever-popular world of online dating after reading about the phenomenon in a magazine given to him by his lawyer four years ago. Warner explains, “At the time online dating wasn’t as big as it is now, and he found it fascinating. He asked if we could set up a profile so I did. It’s obviously it’s a bit of satire and unfortunately he doesn’t have a trial or release date, but if he did he would certainly be responding to some of these matches.” Warner says he gets emails every day with matches from women in the Caribbean. al-Afghani finds it funny that some woman in Jamaica might be pining for him even though he’s open about the fact that he’s in Guantanamo. Warner concedes it is unlikely
they will see a trial or release date any time soon.
* Aww… a prisoner of love.
* “Match.com – they’ve captured his body….but you can capture his heart.”
* Likes: Walks longer than five paces, privacy when going to the bathroom, braiding my beard, baklava night, One Direction.
* Dislikes: Women’s ankles, The Great Satan America, pop Taylor Swift – go back to country, Taylor, it’s where you belong!!!
* Soon to be a very special season of the Bachelor.
* Anyone else wince at that phrase “has not been given a trial”?
* I didn’t think so.
* Well, if he’s not the right guy it’s only been 8 years plus it sounds like he could meet someone.