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Item Details
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FIVE YEARS OF MY LIFE
AN INNOCENT MAN IN GUANTANAMO |
| By: |
Murat Kurnaz |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£22.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0230603742 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780230603745 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2008 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
The gripping account of an innocent man held prisoner in Afghanistan and Guantanamo for five years |
| Synopsis: |
In October 2001, nineteen-year-old Murat Kurnaz traveled to Pakistan to visit a madrassa. During a security check a few weeks after his arrival, he was arrested without explanation and for a bounty of $3,000, the Pakistani police sold him to U.S. forces. He was first taken to Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he was severely mistreated, and then two months later he wasflown to Guantanamo as Prisoner #61. For more than 1,600 days, he was tortured and lived through hell. He waskept in a cage and endured daily interrogations, solitary confinement, and sleep deprivation. Finally, in August 2006, Kurnaz was released, with acknowledgment of his innocence. Told with lucidity, accuracy, and wisdom, Kurnaz's story is both sobering and poignant - an important testimony about our turbulent times when innocent people get caught in the crossfire of the war on terrorism. |
| Illustrations: |
0 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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