Tag: Mohamedou Ould Slahi
By Jeralyn, Section War on Terror
Posted on Tue Apr 30, 2013 at 09:53:09 PM EST
Tags: Mohamedou Ould Slahi (all tags)
Posted on Tue Apr 30, 2013 at 09:53:09 PM EST
Tags: Mohamedou Ould Slahi (all tags)
Slate has obtained extraordinary compelling memoirs of Guantanamo detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi and is publishing them in three parts. Here is Part 1.
Slahi, a Mauritanian, has been in custody since 2001. He is still at Guantanamo. Here's a timeline of his captivity. He finished his handwritten 466 page memoir in 2006, but it took 6 years for the Pentagon to declassify it. Here's a 9 page sample of his handwritten version.
He describes what he calls an "endless world tour” of detention and interrogation." He was taken from Mauritania to Jordan to Bagram to Gitmo -- his account is riveting. [More...]
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