≫ Read Five Years of My Life An Innocent Man in Guantanamo Murat Kurnaz Patti Smith 9780230603745 Books

Five Years of My Life An Innocent Man in Guantanamo Murat Kurnaz Patti Smith 9780230603745 Books

Download As PDF : Five Years of My Life An Innocent Man in Guantanamo Murat Kurnaz Patti Smith 9780230603745 Books

Five Years of My Life An Innocent Man in Guantanamo Murat Kurnaz Patti Smith 9780230603745 Books

I read this book about a poor German guy who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, in this case on a bus somewhere in Central Asia.

He was hauled off the bus and sent to Cuba, after first being sequestered in Afghanistan. The Cuban climate was a warm welcome in contrast to the cold of Central Asia, but he rotted in hell for five years before finally being set free.

This book is one man's testimony to the brutality of incarceration, and the lengths to which Pakistan/Afghan border tribes will go in order to find a scapegoat, if only you give them enough money. His voice is one among the thousands.

A totally depressing tale of pointless victimization. It is the story of the legacy of America's so-called "War on Terror."

Read it at the risk of getting totally depressed, but knowing later a little more of the evil that exists.

P.S. Amazon has a great service, but they weren't very good to Julian Assange or Wikileaks. I hope they realize their errant judgement.


Tags : Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo [Murat Kurnaz, Patti Smith] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 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,Murat Kurnaz, Patti Smith,Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo,St. Martin's Press,0230603742,Human Rights,Penology,Combatants and noncombatants (International law);Biography.,Human rights;Government policy;United States.,Prisoners of war;Legal status, laws, etc.;Cuba;Guantâanamo Bay Naval Base;Biography.,Biography,Biography Autobiography,Civil Rights,Combatants and noncombatants (International law),Cuba,GENERAL,General Adult,Germany,Government policy,Great BritainBritish Isles,Guantâanamo Bay Naval Base,Islamic,Legal aspects,Legal status, laws, etc.,Non-Fiction,POLITICAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS,POLITICAL SCIENCE Human Rights,PRISON LIFE,PUBLIC POLICY,Pakistan, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Germany,Political,Political Science,Political Science Terrorism,Political imprisonment,PoliticsInternational Relations,PoliticsIntl Relations,Prisoners of war,Prisoners of war;Legal status, laws, etc.;Cuba;Guantâanamo Bay Naval Base;Biography.,SOCIAL SCIENCE Penology,Terrorism,Turkey (Asia),United States,Civil Rights,POLITICAL SCIENCE Human Rights,Political,Political Science Terrorism,SOCIAL SCIENCE Penology,Terrorism,Biography Autobiography,Biography,Combatants and noncombatants (International law),Cuba,Government policy,Guantâanamo Bay Naval Base,Legal status, laws, etc.,Prisoners of war,United States,Political And Civil Rights,Prison Life,Political Science,PoliticsInternational Relations,Political imprisonment

Five Years of My Life An Innocent Man in Guantanamo Murat Kurnaz Patti Smith 9780230603745 Books Reviews

This book is riveting and hard to put down. The shockingly brutal treatment of prisoners and the cold refusal to investigate their claims of innocence are nothing short of horrifying and represent an embarrassing chapter in our American history. This book deserves broad readership because it tells a gripping story of gross misconduct on the part of those entrusted with keeping us safe. May we read Mr. Kurnaz' book and weep for our own mistreatment of innocent men who were sold to naive Americans for financial gain. This book documents well the legacy of those who pushed us into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shame on us for swallowing the party line.
Be skeptical of his claims, largely unsupported

one press report from 2002 reports
"A senior German investigator looking into Kurnaz’s case, who did not want to be identified by name, said it was in Abu Bakr that Kurnaz finally found the "true Islam" he was looking for. "The other mosque was too tame for him," the investigator said."

He was visiting a number of Arab sponsored mosques in Pakistan, it is suggested he was seeking Taliban contacts

The timing of his decision to travel to the region was a red flag

Der Spiegel reported more recently that he was interviewed by German investigators at Guantanimo.

That article also reports that on the Red Cross visited Guantanamo and reported no abuses.

Radical Islamist direct detainees to use fictitious charges in order to force governments to divulge information and compel their release.
The book I ordered came in quickly and when I received it it was brand spankin new, thanks! A+++
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+ year old Afghan is danger to the US interest? It is must read for all human beings who care to save the human civilization. We need to try all these leaders who are responsible for the crimes against humanity in a Neuranberg type court and hang them-starting from the Generals who commanded the Gitmo and Abu Ghareb.
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 unimaginable treatment, but for having the courage to tell his story. I don't know who in our govenment and military is responsible for what happenned, and no doubt continues to happen at Guantanamo Bay, but I hope that they are one day brought to justice and made to answer in a court of law for the crimes that have occurred there.
it's a 'must read'
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.
I read this book about a poor German guy who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, in this case on a bus somewhere in Central Asia.

He was hauled off the bus and sent to Cuba, after first being sequestered in Afghanistan. The Cuban climate was a warm welcome in contrast to the cold of Central Asia, but he rotted in hell for five years before finally being set free.

This book is one man's testimony to the brutality of incarceration, and the lengths to which Pakistan/Afghan border tribes will go in order to find a scapegoat, if only you give them enough money. His voice is one among the thousands.

A totally depressing tale of pointless victimization. It is the story of the legacy of America's so-called "War on Terror."

Read it at the risk of getting totally depressed, but knowing later a little more of the evil that exists.

P.S. has a great service, but they weren't very good to Julian Assange or Wikileaks. I hope they realize their errant judgement.