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Five years of my life: An innocent man in Guantanamo by Murat Kurnaz ; with Helmut Kuhn ; translated by Jefferson Chase ; foreword by Patti Smith.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 255 p.: ill., maps; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780230614413
  • 0230614418
Uniform titles:
  • Fünf Jahre meines Lebens. English.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.931092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • KZ6496 .K8713
Online resources:
Contents:
Frankfurt Airport -- Peshawar, Pakistan -- Kandahar, Afghanistan -- Kusca, Turkey -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp X-Ray / Photographs -- Bremen, Hemelingen -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp X-Ray -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp Delta -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp Echo -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp 4 -- Ramstein Air Base, Germany -- Bremen, Hemelingen.
Subject: 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 later he was flown to Guantanamo as Prisoner #61. For more than 1,600 days, he was kept in a cage and endured daily interrogations, solitary confinement, and sleep deprivation. Finally, in August 2006, Kurnaz was released, with acknowledgment of his innocence.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Frankfurt Airport -- Peshawar, Pakistan -- Kandahar, Afghanistan -- Kusca, Turkey -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp X-Ray / Photographs -- Bremen, Hemelingen -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp X-Ray -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp Delta -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp Echo -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp 4 -- Ramstein Air Base, Germany -- Bremen, Hemelingen.

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 later he was flown to Guantanamo as Prisoner #61. For more than 1,600 days, he was kept in a cage and endured daily interrogations, solitary confinement, and sleep deprivation. Finally, in August 2006, Kurnaz was released, with acknowledgment of his innocence.

Translated from the German.

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