Why They Hate Us, Part 84,371
Posted on | August 14, 2006
Rolling Stone’s web site offers a bit of the tale of a teenaged Taliban fighter named Omar, and of the life he has lived in Guantanamo Bay since his capture by US forces four years ago:
….After the ferry ride, Omar was evaluated at a base hospital. “Welcome to Israel,” someone told him. Then he was locked in a steel cage eight feet long and six feet wide. Because the cage had a sink and squat-toilet and the bed was welded to the floor, the open floor space was comparable to that of a small walk-in closet. The cages had been hurriedly constructed from steel mesh and transoceanic shipping containers. Giant banana rats ran freely through the cells and across the roofs and shit everywhere: on beds, on sinks, on Korans. Prisoners were allowed only one five-minute shower each week; the cellblocks stood in a perpetual stench….
Freedom’s on the march. Liberty, democracy, etc. Because life is precious, and God and the Bible. By the way, a bunch of us are meeting outside Omelas for a walkathon. Wanna come?
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