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Guantánamo Diary

By: Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Narrated by: Peter Ganim
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An unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo detainee.

Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. A federal judge ordered his release in March 2010, but the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans to let him go.

Three years into his captivity Slahi began a diary, recounting his life before he disappeared into U.S. custody, "his endless world tour" of imprisonment and interrogation, and his daily life as a Guantánamo prisoner. His diary is not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir - terrifying, darkly humorous, and surprisingly gracious. Published now for the first time, Guantánamo Diary is a document of immense historical importance and a riveting and profoundly revealing listen.

©2015 Mohamedou Ould Slahi (P)2015 Hachette Audio
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"Mr. Slahi's detention for more than [fourteen] years without charge or trial embodies the most egregious abuses of Guantanamo." (ACLU)
"Once considered such a high-value detainee that former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld designated him for 'special interrogation techniques'... Slahi had been subjected to sleep deprivation, exposed to extremes of heat and cold, moved around the base blindfolded, and at one point taken into the bay on a boat and threatened with death... Slahi faces no criminal charges." (Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald)

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This is an amazing tale of one man's journey. It was impossible for me to disbelieve this story, and I believe it is one all Americans should read. We tend to believe that whatever America does is right and moral because we are Americans, and this story should give us pause.

Sobering story

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This book for the people who want to know what the government is hiding in Guantánamo.

Great book. If you want to know!!!!

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A very interesting book and a must read but after 621 times listening to the comment “redacted”, I couldn’t take it anymore because it became so incredibly annoying. I think they should have given permission to listening to all the names, places, numbers of this inhuman institution.

Redacted!!!

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No one wants to “see how the sausage is made”. Sad, sad story. I wish peace to MOS.

Yep

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makes one appreciate the role of law and a need to prevent extreme mentality in our society

emotionally disturbing but eye opening

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A very good listen that never stood still for too long and yet is filled with relevant and little known information that I could follow. I can't wait to listen to it again.

great book

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I really struggled with this one due to all the redaction's. Definitely not one of my favorites audiobooks. Very unremarkable

The redaction's made it a very difficult listen.

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Judging by the political debates we're still working through the Iraq War fiasco as a nation, and many of us are still trying to get our minds around what, if any, responsibility we have as Americans to evaluate or to atone for the events that followed September 11th, 2001. I would suggest that such an exercise would be incomplete without hearing Mr. Slahi's story. Whether it is accurate or not, it's a point of view that has not been well publicized, and that is critical to understanding what went wrong, why, and how we avoid repeating our mistakes. We can start by giving Mr. Slahi an immediate, public, and fair trial. Or we can release hiim with compensation and apologies for treatment that is reminiscent of Stalin's Gulags.

The Gitmo Archipelago?

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The thing with war crimes is that the whole country is responsible but the monsters who actually force others to do these crimes? When are they tried? When will they be held to account? When will we as a country stop worshiping bullies? Great book, Mr. Slahi.

May peace shield you and may God in his mercy forgive us for what we did to you

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This is an important story and, I believe, the responsibility of all Americans (me) to read and experience.

Wonderful portrait of a man

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