Gitmo Detainee Profiles
A friend of mine sent me a link to an interesting project that collects biographical information of those imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay.
Here’s a taste:
“They would say they were taking me to isolation for three days, and then leave me there for three months,” Najib said. “Then they would bring me back to a cell, and three or four days later take me back to isolation. . . . I would say, and this is a guess, I spent 15 days a month in isolation.”
As a result, Najib, who was arrested by U.S.-backed northern alliance soldiers in November 2001 after he’d driven a load of Taliban fighters to surrender, was jailed at Guantanamo for more than four years.
This facility’s short life will be a black mark on our history. Reading the individual stories of the detainees really drives that point home.
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