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Thursday, January 22nd, 2015

Guantanamo Prisoner Diary: ‘We’re Gonna Teach You About Great American Sex’

Author:     Britta Sandberg
Source:     Der Spiegel (Germany)
Publication Date:     January 20, 2015 – 02:55 PM
 Link: Guantanamo Prisoner Diary: ‘We’re Gonna Teach You About Great American Sex’
Stephan:   This is what America has become, what we are known for. When I was a young man we used to read stories like this about Soviet prisons, and the commentators always made a point of saying how morally bankrupt the USSR was, and this was proof. Now such stories, this one that has been republished all over the world, are about us.  I cannot convey how much I dislike that. That's not the shining city on the hill, that's the torture chamber in the Caribbean.
Mauritanian national Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been held at Guantanamo for 12 years now without trial and despite a dearth of evidence. A diary he kept of his torture is now being published around the world. SPIEGEL presents some excerpts. Credit: Matthias Gebauer/SPIEGEL ONLINE

Mauritanian national Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been held at Guantanamo for 12 years now without trial and despite a dearth of evidence. A diary he kept of his torture is now being published around the world. SPIEGEL presents some excerpts.
Credit: Matthias Gebauer/SPIEGEL ONLINE

Mauritanian national Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been held at Guantanamo for 12 years now without trial and despite a dearth of evidence. A diary he kept of his torture is now being published around the world. SPIEGEL presents some excerpts.

Country roads and dirt tracks lead to Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s former home in a small village near the capital city of Nouakchott. Children play football in front of the house, using two empty cola bottles as makeshift goals. Goats rummage through the trash foraging for anything edible. There […]

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