Surviving Guantanamo

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Without having being charged nor having committed a crime – and even after the authorities admitted that they had “made a mistake”, he was told that he would still have to go to Guantanamo Bay for a duration or he would have to lie and claim having a link with Osama Bin Laden, so that the authorities would in turn be able to save face.

‘I spent one year Bagram Air Base, then I was transferred to Guantanamo Bay; I was not allowed to sleep. I was not allowed to use the bathroom.
For six months they kept me in a refrigerator naked. It’s hard to explain. After spending 6 months in a refrigerator I have lost my hearing. The way I was treated…animals are not even treated this way…’

http://cynicalarab.org/2012/01/09/guantanamo/

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Obama said he would close this hellhole. Why hasn't he? Tell your Arab friends not to vote for Obama.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Obama said he would close this hellhole. Why hasn't he? Tell your Arab friends not to vote for Obama.

Most of my "Arab friends" aren't voting in U.S. elections as they don't even live here and aren't citizens.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Most of my "Arab friends" aren't voting in U.S. elections as they don't even live here and aren't citizens.

Hmm, then that rules them out because the only people they would be allowed to vote for would be Democrats.

NM

So if you know anyone that is sympathetic to Arabs and can vote, tell them not to vote for Obama because he could close Gitmo by executive order tomorrow. In support of Arabs, I will not vote for Obama.

Edited January 15, 2012 by Gary and Alla

[bigdog 376]

Weather you are for or against USA or local policies? Either way I don't want any bad guys back on the street, either globally (Terrorists) or in my back yard (criminals).

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

After watching that video, I have a problem with his credibility.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Weather you are for or against USA or local policies? Either way I don't want any bad guys back on the street, either globally (Terrorists) or in my back yard (criminals).

But do you care why somone doesn't vote for Obama? I don't.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I don't know about his credibility, but what was going on at Guantanamo (and Abu Ghraib) are serious blots on our credibility.

This guy was held for more than 6 years, although

Mr. Iqbal was never convicted of any crime, or even charged with one. He was quietly released from Guantánamo with a routine explanation that he was no longer considered an enemy combatant, part of an effort by the Bush administration to reduce the prison’s population.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/world/asia/06iqbal.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I'm Arab, I vote and I hate all politicians except Christie.

[luckytxn 2,265]

I'm Arab, I vote and I hate all politicians except Christie.

Ron Paul would get us out of the Middle East and stop aid to Israel.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I don't know about his credibility, but what was going on at Guantanamo (and Abu Ghraib) are serious blots on our credibility.

This guy was held for more than 6 years, although

I wasn't for any involvement in the Balkans, or the Middle East by the US, by either Democratic, or Republican Presidents. After studying the war in Vietnam for more than a decade, I also concluded we didn't belong there either. That has colored my perspective on all these conflicts since then. We have plenty of resources to exploit in our own hemisphere, and keeping Europe in oil is really not a US concern, as much as preventing the devolution of former European colonies in Southeastern Asia was counterproductive to our investments in the region as well.

[웃 910]

I'm Arab, I vote and I hate all politicians except Christie.

Well you'll have a decision to make in November when Christie is chosen as Mitt's VP.

[Ban Hammer 13,509]

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[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

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