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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 10:35 AM
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What's it like spending 3 years in Gitmo and released without charges?
Guantanamo Through a Prisoner's Eyes

Listen to this story... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6069569

Moazzam Begg
Colin McPherson



Morning Edition, September 14, 2006 · British-born Moazzam Begg spent nearly two years in Guantanamo Bay before he was released in 2005. He was classified as an enemy combatant of the United States.

Begg was never charged with a crime during his time in the prison. Through limited contact with lawyers, he learned that his family was petitioning both the British and United States governments to release him.

The Pentagon, however, says that Begg is still a dangerous man.

Begg agrees that he is dangerous.

"The danger now comes in the so-called PR war," he says. "I can speak about things thought, perhaps, that they could get away with."

more: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6069569
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The Stranger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 10:38 AM
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1. Add him to the list of witnesses, when the wheels of justice finally turn.
I think that they are already beginning to try to cover up their tracks.
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 10:50 AM
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2. A story the Fair and Balance Corp Media is need likely to give a honest
presentation
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