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> He had just been conducting research in Afghanistan, and was expecting to begin college at the end of the year. Instead, he was accused of being an al-Qaida l
by platz 5y ago
> He had just been conducting research in Afghanistan, and was expecting to begin college at the end of the year. Instead, he was accused of being an al-Qaida leader, kidnapped by Afghan warlords and handed over to the CIA
this is the only information information in the whole arricle about why he was sent there, and it is pretty sparse information.
If i were to put on my critical thinking media hat, this gives the impression that its not the whole story, or at least an idealized version of it.
Also its not explained his connection between Yemen and afganistan.
(this isnt to validate the practices at guantanamo, however)
- raxxorrax 5y agoI think there indeed needs to be more story to detain him but it isn't up to him to provide a defense. It is well known that Gitmo contains people without any legal instrument. Of course a state should be held accountable for imprisioning people without accusations. Although that seems to be a pattern of the United States if you look what the attorney general in Missouri does with innocents. There probably are bad people among those imprisoned and there just isn't enough evidence to convict them. The damage they can cause isn't on the level to committing treason towards your own alleged values. The US also has spawned a lot of defense contractors the last 20 years that now will look inward to find business opportunities if no other external threat can be summoned. That will probably not be pretty.
- stephen_g 5y agoIt mentions that 86% of prisoners there were handed over by locals as being “suspicious” when offered very large bounties by the US Government (apparently up to millions of dollars). The article also links to this report of an ex-Bush era official saying most detainees were innocent [1] and the ALCU has some more info and numbers [2]. 1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/most-guantanamo-detainees-are-innocent-ex-bush-official-1.804550 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/most-guantanamo-detainees-are-... 2. https://www.aclu.org/issues/national-security/detention/guantanamo-numbers https://www.aclu.org/issues/national-security/detention/guan...
- platz 5y agoWhat I'm critiquing is the article itself, which rather conspicuously leaves out key details, independent of his actual guilt or innocence.
- boudin 5y agoMaybe because that's all there is to it. He happened to there at the wrong time. It's really similar to what happened to Mohammed al Gharani https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_el_Gharani https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_el_Gharani