Guantanamo Prisoner Diary: 'We're Gonna Teach You About Great American Sex'

[Surya Gayatri]

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http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/excerpts-from-guantanamo-diary-of-mohamedou-ould-slahi-a-1013724.html



Slahi, who studied electrical engineering in Duisburg, Germany, is shown is this archive photo. It has been alleged but never proven that he provided support to the Hamburg terror cell responsible for the 9/11 attacks.

Mauritanian national Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been held at Guantanamo for 12 years now without trial and despite a dearth of evidence. A diary he kept of his torture is now being published around the world. SPIEGEL presents some excerpts.



Country roads and dirt tracks lead to Mohamedou Ould Slahi's former home in a small village near the capital city of Nouakchott. Children play football in front of the house, using two empty cola bottles as makeshift goals. Goats rummage through the trash foraging for anything edible. There are no street names in these parts; the houses are simply numbered.

A 158 in Boudiane, Mauritania was Slahi's address until 14 years ago. Soon after that, he was assigned another number, when he became prisoner number 760 at Guantanamo, Cuba. Slahi has been held at the American prison for the past 12 years.

He was accused of having been acquainted with the perpetrators of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and of having provided them with support and sending them to Afghanistan to receive training. He has also been accused of involvement in the Millennium Plot, the foiled terrorist attack targeting the Los Angeles International Airport. At least that's the claim made by Ahmed Ressam, the man arrested in late 1999 at the US-Canadian border with 60 kilograms of explosives in the trunk of his car.

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Do go to the link to see and read the rest. The European press pulls no punches and reveals much more of the shameful reality than the US MSM.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/excerpts-from-guantanamo-diary-of-mohamedou-ould-slahi-a-1013724.html

[Jefferson23]

1. It amazes me to read how certain people are that they know who the savages are. K&R

His diary is very difficult to read, yet one owes it to him, to read it.

[Surya Gayatri]

2. If only to reinforce our own humanity...

[Jefferson23]

3. Yes, as he says in conclusion:Americans need and have the right to know what the hell is going on.

Thanks for posting it.

[Surya Gayatri]

4. De rien...! (you're welcome.)

[elleng]

5. On Democracy Now today,

most of the show:

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/1/22/inside_the_us_torture_chambers_prisoners

[Solly Mack]

6. K&R