1/8
20 years ago, I heard about 9/11 on the radio in Afghanistan. At 18, I couldn’t imagine buildings so tall or why someone would kill so many people. Soon after, I was sold to the US & sent to #Guantanamo. 8 years later, when I saw video of 9/11 for the first time,
20 years ago, I heard about 9/11 on the radio in Afghanistan. At 18, I couldn’t imagine buildings so tall or why someone would kill so many people. Soon after, I was sold to the US & sent to #Guantanamo. 8 years later, when I saw video of 9/11 for the first time,
2/8
I wept for all the innocent lives that lost since 2001.
I never could have imagined that this tragedy would be used to justify keeping me and hundreds of others locked up and tortured for nearly 15 years.
I wept for all the innocent lives that lost since 2001.
I never could have imagined that this tragedy would be used to justify keeping me and hundreds of others locked up and tortured for nearly 15 years.
3/8
This is what I wrote about the day in my book, DON'T FORGET US HERE, LOST AND FOUND AT GUANTÁNAMO.
This is what I wrote about the day in my book, DON'T FORGET US HERE, LOST AND FOUND AT GUANTÁNAMO.
4/8
On 9/11, 2001, I didn’t know much about America. I didn’t love it or hate it. I just thought it was a land of laws. When I was kidnapped by warlords and heard that the Americans had invaded, I thought they would save me and send me home.
On 9/11, 2001, I didn’t know much about America. I didn’t love it or hate it. I just thought it was a land of laws. When I was kidnapped by warlords and heard that the Americans had invaded, I thought they would save me and send me home.
5/8
I didn’t see footage of 9/11 until 2010, after 8 years of solitary confinement. I wept for the innocent people who died. I wept for the wars fought. I wept because my captors believed I was capable of such an atrocious act. I wept for all victims of war on terror.
I didn’t see footage of 9/11 until 2010, after 8 years of solitary confinement. I wept for the innocent people who died. I wept for the wars fought. I wept because my captors believed I was capable of such an atrocious act. I wept for all victims of war on terror.
6/8
I never did and still don’t hate Americans. From the very beginning of my imprisonment, I knew it wasn’t fair to see all Americans through the filter of Guantánamo, even though my captors only saw me through the filter of 9/11.
I never did and still don’t hate Americans. From the very beginning of my imprisonment, I knew it wasn’t fair to see all Americans through the filter of Guantánamo, even though my captors only saw me through the filter of 9/11.
7/8
So many innocent people lost their lives on 9/11 and I hope we can acknowledge that there were other victims. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people lost their lives, too. Among them are men like me, the forgotten prisoners of America’s war on terror.
So many innocent people lost their lives on 9/11 and I hope we can acknowledge that there were other victims. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people lost their lives, too. Among them are men like me, the forgotten prisoners of America’s war on terror.
8/8
think not only of the tragedy of that day but also of the tragedies that came from it. It is time to make justice and #closeguantanamo once and for all.
think not only of the tragedy of that day but also of the tragedies that came from it. It is time to make justice and #closeguantanamo once and for all.
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