Five years of my life : an innocent man in Guantanamo
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Five years of my life : an innocent man in Guantanamo
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
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Fünf Jahre meines Lebens
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Description
In October 2001, nineteen-year-old Murat Kurnaz traveled to Pakistan to visit a madrassa. During a security check a few weeks after his arrival, he was arrested without explanation and for a bounty of $3,000, the Pakistani police sold him to U.S. forces. He was first taken to Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he was severely mistreated, and then two months later he wasflown to Guantanamo as Prisoner #61. For more than 1,600 days, he was tortured and lived through hell. He waskept in a cage and endured daily interrogations, solitary confinement, and sleep deprivation. Finally, in August 2006, Kurnaz was released, with acknowledgment of his innocence. Told with lucidity, accuracy, and wisdom, Kurnaz's story is both sobering and poignant - an important testimony about our turbulent times when innocent people get caught in the crossfire of the war on terrorism.
Table of Contents
Foreword, by Patti Smith Without Chains, by Patti Smith Translator's Note Chronology of events I Frankfurt Airport II Peshawar, Pakistan III Kandahar, Afghanistan IV. Kusca, Turkey V. Guantanamo Bay, Camp X-Ray VI. Bremen, Hemelingen VII. Guantanamo Bay, Camp X-Ray VIII. Guantanamo Bay, Camp Delta IX. Guantanamo Bay, Camp Echo X. Guantanamo Bay, Camp 4 XI. Ramstein Air Base, Germany XII. Bremen, Hemelingen Epilogue by Baher Azmy
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