Guantánamo Diary

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The acclaimed national bestseller, the first and only diary written by a Guant namo detainee during his imprisonment, now with previously censored material restored.When GUANT NAMO DIARY was first published heavily redacted by the U.S government in 2015, Mohamedou Ould Slahi was still imprisoned at the detainee camp in Guant namo Bay, Cuba, despite a federal court ruling ordering his release, and it was unclear when or if he would ever see freedom In October 2016, he was finally released and reunited with his family During his 14 year imprisonment, the United States never charged him with a crime.Now for the first time, he is able to tell his story in full, with previously censored material restored This searing diary is not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir terrifying, darkly humorous, and surprisingly gracious GUANT NAMO DIARY is a document of immense emotional power and historical importance. Free Read Guantánamo Diary [ Author ] Mohamedou Ould Slahi [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I m sorry to have to tell you, but the terrorists won And when I say terrorists I mean the Saudi team led by a Saudi millionaire Yep This book by Mohamedou Ould Slahi confirms it The 9 11 attacks achieved what was intended, and what was intended was clearly not just to topple the WTC towers What was intended was to spin the United States in a cycle of stupidity, violence, ignobility, and abuse to trap it in a mire of hate to force it to shed its ideals of justice and due process and ado I m sorry to have to tell you, but the terrorists won And when I say terrorists I mean the Saudi team led by a Saudi millionaire Yep This book by Mohamedou Ould Slahi confirms it The 9 11 attacks achieved what was intended, and what was intended was clearly not just to topple the WTC towers What was intended was to spin the Un...Guant namo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi and Larry Siems Editor is a very thought provoking and disturbing book This man was arrested and released in 2002 Arrested again and then held, although the government where he was arrested could not understand why he was arrested but they were doing it for the Americans He was shipped to a couple of places until he arrived at Guantanamo Never charged with anything, held from 2002 then was finally told he was to be released in 2009 by Judge Roberts Guant namo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi and Larry Siems Editor is a very thought provoking and disturbing book This man was arrested and released in 2002 Arrested again and then held, although the government where he was arrested could not understand why he was arrested but they were doing it for the Americans He was shipped to a couple of places until he arrived at Guantanamo Never charged with anything, held from 2002 then was finally told he was to be released in 2009 by Judge Robertson but Obama s administration appealed it so he went back to the pit of forgotten souls He kept a diary during his stay there and it is held by the government as top secret because they don t want t...,, , , , , ,,, , , , , ,, , , , 2001 2002 2010Let s be clear about a couple of things this is not a 5 star read in the way that War and Peace is a 5 star read While this book is actually quite nicely constructed, it is in the author s fourth language and contains too many colloquialisms for my liking In spite of that bit of prissiness on my part, I think it is one of the most important books of the past decade Now I know that there are a lot of my country, right or wrong morons out there that will take me to task on this and claim tha Let s be clear about a couple of things this is not a 5 star read in the way that War and Peace is a 5 star read While this book is actually quite nicely constructed, it is in the author s fourth language and contains too many colloquialisms for my liking In spite of that bit o...In one of your better metafictional gambits, Mohamedou Ould Slahi has managed to get his memoir edited by his actual torturers Nabokov would have loved thisI guess we call it redacted when it s CIA, whateverIt was edited again by actual literary people after a six year legal battle to get it out of Gitmo, where Slahi has been held since 2002 This second editing process provides some of the most entertaining moments of the book the latter s exasperated footnotes about the former It see In one of your better metafictional gambits, Mohamedou Ould Slahi has manage...It was quite a relief to run the last lap of this memoir today knowing that it is literally the same 24 hour period in which Mohamedou Ould Slahi has finally been cleared for release after fourteen years of torture and isolation in Guantanamo without charges The perfect timing makes this true story far less grim than it would have been even just yesterday It seems to me that the U.S Government the interrogators at Gitmo have known for about a decade that this guy didn t do anything but join t It was quite a relief to run the last lap of this memoir today knowing that it is literally the same 24 hour period in which Mohamedou Ould Slahi has finally been cleared for release after fourteen years of torture and isolation in Guantanamo without charges The perfect timing makes this true story far less grim than it would have been even just yesterday It seems to me that the U.S Government the interrogators at Gitmo have known for about a decade that this guy didn t do anything but join the Mujahideen while they were being funded, armed, and trained by the U.S. in order to battle the Soviets Didn t matter, being brown and Muslim after 9...Mohamedou Ould Slahi wrote this diary in 2005 while in detention in Guant namo For years he was considered America s highest ranking terror suspect I don t know when that designation changed, or if it ever did In 2008 the U.S Supreme Court ruled that Guant namo detainees could challenge their detention through habeas corpus In 2009 U.S District Court Judge James Robertson heard Mohamedou s petition and in 2010 ordered his re...Essential reading.Whilst it is upsetting, depressing and shocking, Mohamedou Ould Slahi is also inspirational and even funny in parts There are many insights into Guantanamo prison life but huge amounts left unsaid or redacted Arrest , rendi...Update I am going to add slam poems that I feel match the feeling of the book.Sara Brickman Letter from the Water at Guantanamo Bay Why are Muslims So Hameedi Poem Postmarked for the Middle East Safi Brown Boy White House Whenever I realized that a guard was mean I pretended that Update I am going to add slam poems that I feel match the feeling of the book.Sara Brickman Letter from the Water at Guantanamo Bay Why are Muslims So Hameedi Poem Postmarked for the Middle East Safi Brown Boy White House Whenever I realized that a guard was mean I pretended that I understood no English. We don t like you to speak English We want you to die slowly, he said No English, I kept replying I didn t want to give him the satisfaction that his message arrived People with hatred always have something to get off their chests, but I wasn t ready to be that drain I was afraid of reading this book, as I am sure many Muslims are, not only because it is told from the per...

Guantánamo Diary
  • 21 February 2018
  • Paperback
  • 464 pages
  • 0316517887
  • Mohamedou Ould Slahi
  • Guantánamo Diary