Guantanamo detainee asks not for prosecution, but truth. Flight 77 is the plane that hit the pentagon on 911. The first 174 pages of the book details his early life, and subsequent standard military training in kosovo, pakistan and. A preponderance of information which identifies a specific former gtmo detainee as directly involved in. Victims of mistaken identity among the 10 sent from guantanamo to. Carol rosenberg reports on guantanamo bay, cuba, the place, policy, people, war court. After years in gitmo, pentagon says detainee is case of. Mustafa alaziz alshamiri wrongly held at guantanamo bay for. The oldest prisoner at guantanamo bay has been refused permission to read a book on pacifism and nonviolence written by relatives of victims of the 911 attacks a lawyer for 70yearold. Gitmo prisoner is victim of mistaken identity al jazeera.
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The recidivism rate is nearly 29 percent and has been climbing steadily since detainees began being released from guantanamo. Circuit judges brett kavanaugh, harry edwards and stephen williams. My guantanamo diary paperback june 23, 2009 by mahvish khan author 4. Mustafa al shamiri, 37, had been detained under the pretenses of being a senior alqaeda trainer in afghanistan. To critics the world over, guantanamo bay, cuba, is a striking symbol of american hypocrisy. A guantanamo guard and his detainee reunite former guantanamo guard steve wood recently took a trip to mauritania to visit mohamedou ould slahi, the prisoner he watched for almost a year. Guantanamo bay prisoner victim of mistaken identity, says. The accused, al darbi, is the brotherinlaw of the flight 77 hijacker al mihdhar. Guantanamo bay detainee is case of mistaken identity nbc. The analogy with children is not too far wrong, for all of these poets by necessity have been.
Man held at guantanamo for years a case of mistaken. She speaks on behalf of her client, mohamedou slahi, a current detainee at the u. List of books and articles about guantanamo bay detention. A militant who fought for the taliban in afghanistan and has been held without charge at guantanamo bay for years was largely the victim of mistaken identity, according to u.
I became curious and tracked down a detainee who enjoys my books. Find books like guantanamo boy from the worlds largest community of readers. United states interrogators told him his was a case of mistaken identity. After 15 years, held without charges, i deserve justice.
Guantanamo prisoner held for years on mistaken identity. On march 8, 2011, saeed bakhouch, an algerian gtmo detainee also known as razak ali, noted an appeal of the district courts january 2011 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Guantanamo bay detainee is case of mistaken identity published december 2, 2015 updated on december 2, 2015 at 6. Guantanamo detainee charged isn 768 wikisource, the. The largest and most dominant of these groups, politically and economically, are the pashtuns 42% of the population, the second most populous group are the. Guantanamo detainee who wrote a book about his torture to.
Arrested again and then held, although the government where he was arrested could not understand why. Mustafa abdul qawi abdul aziz al shamyri is a citizen of yemen held in extrajudicial detention in the united states guantanamo bay detainment camps, in cuba. An american history and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. A compliant detainee is escorted from a life skills class. Awardwinning journalist david rose argues that the camp not only constitutes a grotesque abuse of human rights but is also ineffective as a tool for combating. The department of defense says that a case of mistaken identity has kept mustafa abdalqawi abdalaziz alshamiri locked away at the u. It is not about them it is about us chapter 6 2 professor mark denbeaux and his students at the seton hall school of law have written two excellent reports comparing the actual government data to government officials claims that all detainees are. Obama travels to gitmo to try and convince bwazir to leave. His story captured the worlds attention because he was a victim of mistaken identity. Mistaken identity keeps detainee at guantanamo bay. A notentirelyfacetious consideration of the gitmo conundrum. By charley keyes, cnn senior national security producer. Guantanamo bay detainee is case of mistaken identity.
Former guantanamo guard steve wood recently took a trip to. Guantanamo detainee lawyers ask that death penalty case be dropped. A case of mistaken identity has kept one man locked away at the u. It was previously assessed that ym434 also was an alqaida facilitator or courier, as well. Guantanamo inmate mistakenly held for years due to name. A kuwaiti man was released wednesday after being held for nearly years without trial at the military prison at guantanamo bay 37yearold fawzi al odah is the first detainee to go home after. When wood tried to search for 760 in guantanamos detainee database, he found nothing. For the purposes of this definition, engagement in antius. Update on detainee transfers from guantanamo house of representatives, committee on armed services, subcommittee on oversight and investigations, washington, dc, thursday, february 12, 2015.
Mistaken identity keeps detainee at guantanamo bay cnnpolitics. The office of military commissions announced today that charges have been sworn against guantanamo detainee ahmed mohammed ahmed haza al darbi of saudi arabia. Now, desiring after years to reduce the prison population at gitmo, the department of defense says alshamiris imprisonment was all a simply mistake of confused identity. Guantanamos first 100 days by karen greenberg oxford university press, 2009. In the kafkaesque world america created post911, alshamiri could not answer his torturers because he had no knowledge of what they were demanding from him. My journey is the autobiography of david hicks, an australian who was held in the us guantanamo bay detention camp for five and a half years before eventually pleading guilty to the charge of material support to terrorism in a military commission trial. Slahi related to the main character, the dude, a victim of mistaken identity. A prisoner at guantanamo bay, mustafa alaziz alshamiri, was held for.
The board also noted the detainee s candid responses to the boards questions, to include recognition of his past activities, clear indications of a change in the detainee s mindset. Spinning how many guantanamo detainees have returned to. Man held at guantanamo for years in case of mistaken identity, u. Salahi also had books, a television, a playstation, and an old laptop, on. Mustafa abdalqawi abdalaziz alshamiri ym434 fought in several jihadist theaters and associated with alqaida members in afghanistan, the prisoners profile says. I was captured when i was in my 20s and brought to guantanamo bay in 2004, after more than two years in secret prisons. A militant who fought for the taliban in afghanistan and has been held without charge at guantanamo bay for years. The writer shares the tragic story of one of his fans. Guantanamo bay and the judicialmoral treatment of the other by clark butler purdue university press, 2007. This includes nearly 10 percent of detainees who have returned to. Oral argument on the merits is scheduled for september 27, 20 before d. Goodreads members who liked guantanamo boy also liked. A guantanamo bay prisoner locked up for years who was thought to be a member of alqaeda is found to be a victim of mistaken identity. A man who has spent years in the us prison camp at guantanamo bay, cuba, was arrested partly in a case of mistaken identity, us officials conceded on tuesday.
The pentagon has approved the release of a prisoner who was held at the guantanamo bay facility for years due a case of mistaken identity. The prisoners held at gitmo are, for the most part, what is known under international law as francstireurs, nonuniformed. Gitmo inmates constitutional rights jun th, 2008 3 min read. Alshamiris accusers now paint a completely different picture, and confess it was a bureaucratic cockup over his name. Read one by a lawyer that unquestioningly presents a detainees version of the war, read one by a journalist who needs to sell sensational headlines, and read one by a soldier or sailor who spent a year getting poop thrown at her by combatants. John mooregetty images most of the 166 detainees at guantanamo bay may never see a day in court. So, mohammed ali abdullah bwazir, 35 or 36 year old detainee at the u. Guantanamo parole board clears yemeni who was victim of. Hes one of 107 still there guantanamo bay detainee mohamedou slahi wrote the book, guantanamo diary, describing what hed been through. Guantanamo detainee asks not for prosecution, but truth in two new interviews, shaker aamer, a british former detainee at the u. Summary of the reengagement of detainees formerly held at.