On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
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 Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:27 am Post subject: "Americans uphold people's rights and protect them" |
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That's what these Muslims said BEFORE they were sent to Guantanamo!
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Q: What were you doing when you were apprehended in Afghanistan? There are U.S. officials who have said you had associations with the Taliban or al Qaeda or received weapons training. What do you say?
First of all, let me correct. I was not captured in Afghanistan. I was picked up by a Pakistani bounty hunter in Pakistan and sold to the U.S. military for $5,000.
You may wonder why I went to Pakistan, but I originally, initially, was hoping to get to Turkey to join the Uighur community in Turkey. My friend in Pakistan advised me that there was a Uighur village in Afghanistan where I can stay while my visa was processed and they told me they will call me and I can come back and get my passport and go to Turkey to earn more money and support my family. So basically my departure from China was seeking greater economic and political freedom to be able to live well.
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Q: Was there a hardest day, a moment when you'd most lost hope?
A: After we were handed over to American authorities in Kandahar. We thought it was good, Americans uphold people's rights and protect them. When we realized where we were going � to Guantanamo � that was the hardest moment.
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Q: What was Guantanamo like?
A: Guantanamo is like a hell where there is no justice or respect for human dignity. Our life there was very, very miserable, especially the last one year after being told that we are innocent and still living behind wired walls. We feel confused, frustrated and tired. I would call the worst period of time of my four years incarceration in Guantanamo.
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http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=1997083&page=1
So here's the part I find the most amusing(and god knows this stories a regular knee-slapper):
The US imprisons people for four-and-a-half years on the word of a bounty hunter who's getting paid five grand for every "terrorist" he turns in. |
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