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* Read * Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo by Murat Kurnaz ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo Keri A. said Required reading for all Americans. Night by Elie Wiesel. A Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovitch by Alexander Solzhenityn. These are the books that I was reminded of as I read Murat Kurnaz's account of the time he spent in Guantanamo Bay. The chief difference, or course, is that the despicable treatment of human beings that is detailed in this book was not perpetrated by the Nazi or Communist regimes of another generation - but by our own government - the United States of America. Mu
| Title | : | Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.69 (572 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0230603742 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-12 |
| Language | : | English |
Keri A. said Required reading for all Americans. Night by Elie Wiesel. A Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovitch by Alexander Solzhenityn. These are the books that I was reminded of as I read Murat Kurnaz's account of the time he spent in Guantanamo Bay. The chief difference, or course, is that the despicable treatment of human beings that is detailed in this book was not perpetrated by the Nazi or Communist regimes of another generation - but by our own government - the United States of America. Murat Kurnaz should be applauded for not only surviving 5 years of unima. "Horrific and Amazing!" according to omar bagasra. This account of Murat Kurnaz's journey through the Bush's new World order is heart breaking and horrific. After reading this impressive and truthful memoir I am covinced that the majority of so called "Eney Combatants" are innocent people picked up by various allies like Pakistan and the Northern Alliance out of greed or tribal jealousy. The US and its army folks have turned into Nazis out of anger and zeal to catch the so called terrotists. They have become themselves worst than the perceived enemies. How a 90+ yea. Read it and Weep! I consider myself well-read but had no idea of the scale of abuse at Guantanamo until I read this excellent but harrowing account by former detainee Murat Kurnaz.Kurnaz manages to maintain a sense of humor despite five years without a decent night's sleep, regular beatings, casual racism and indifferent interrogators. A copy should be sent to Cheney home, for he was the prime motivation behind this grotesque gulag.
In October 2001, nineteen-year-old Murat Kurnaz traveled to Pakistan to visit a madrassa. For more than 1,600 days, he was tortured and lived through hell. 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 was flown to Guantanamo as Prisoner #61. 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.. He was kept in a cage and endured daily interrogations, solitary confinement, and sleep deprivation
Five Years of My Life is his first book.. Murat Kurnaz is a Turkish citizen and legal resident of Germany, where he was born in 1982. He now lives in Germany. He was in the process of becoming a German citizen when he was arrested in Pakistan and held prisoner for five years
This book is a profound and detailed account of his experiences. In his gentle, understated way, Kurnaz describes the reality behind the euphemisms used to describe the 'enhanced interrogation practices' the Bush administration has openly authorized in the 'war on terror'.” The Santa Barbara Independant“This is a book politicians should read, and should inspire anguished soul-searching among the rest of us.” The Washington Post“Kurnaz…avoids sensationalism for a harrowing record of barbarities carried out in the name of democracy…written in stark, unadorned prose, with no scores to settle, knowing that his account is beyond most people's imagination.&rdq
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