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基本説明
Reveals that the majority of those captured were either Taliban foot soldiers or humanitarian aid workers, religious teachers and economic migrants, who were caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Full Description
In 2006, four years after the illegal prison in Guantanamo Bay opened, the Pentagon finally released the names of the 773 men held there, as well as 7,000 pages of transcripts from tribunals assessing their status as 'enemy combatants'. Andy Worthington is the only person to have analysed every page of these transcripts and this book reveals the stories of all those imprisoned in Guantanamo. Deprived of the safeguards of the Geneva Conventions, and, for the most part, sold to the Americans by their allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the detainees have struggled for five years to have their stories heard. Looking in detail at the circumstances of their capture, and at the coercive interrogations and unsubstantiated allegations that have been used to justify their detention. Stories of torture in Afghanistan and Guantanamo are uncovered, as well as new information about the process of 'extraordinary rendition' that underpins the US administration's 'war on terror'. Who will speak for the 773 men who have been held in Guantanamo? This passionate and brilliantly detailed book brings their stories to the world for the first time.
Contents
Introduction1. 'Operation Enduring Freedom'2. The Qala-i-Janghi massacre3. The convoy of death4. Tora Bora5. Escape to Pakistan: 'Osama's bodyguards'6. Escape to Pakistan: Saudis and Yemenis7. Flight to Pakistan: the diaspora8. Kandahar9. From Sheberghan to Kandahar10. Others captured in Afghanistan11. Guantanamo opens12. House raids and other arrests in Pakistan13. The capture of Abu Zubaydah and its aftermath14. Bagram15. Torture, abuse and false confessions in Guantanamo16. 'Extraordinary rendition,' 'ghost' prisoners and secret prisons17. Losing the war in Afghanistan18. Challenging the law19. Suicides, hunger strikes, medical malpractice and the abuse of the Koran20. Endgame?NotesIndex
