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Some former Guantanamo detainees say the toll that the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan took on their country is a bigger curse than the years they spent locked up.
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Via Scoop.it – Rights & Liberties Some former Guantanamo detainees say the toll that the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan took on their country is a bigger curse than the years they spent locked up.Show original<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1086,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/02\/25\/guantanamo-detainees-who-cooperate-with-government\/","url_meta":{"origin":1448,"position":0},"title":"Guantanamo Detainees Who Cooperate With Government Could Be Removed From Indefinite Detention List | Truthout","author":"aslam","date":"February 25, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesProsecutors in the Office of Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay have informed some attorneys defending \u201cwar on terror\u201d detainees that their clients could be removed from the indefinite detention list and eventually released from the prison facility if they agree to cooperate and testify against\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1358,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/11\/20\/outrage-over-pentagons-guantanamo-propaganda\/","url_meta":{"origin":1448,"position":1},"title":"Outrage Over Pentagon’s Guantanamo “Propaganda” Video | Truthout","author":"aslam","date":"November 20, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesA video released by the Pentagon showing several Guantanamo detainees praying, exercising and playing soccer has angered Kuwaitis, who believe one of the prisoners is a citizen of the country and is being used by the US government as a \u201cpropaganda\u201d tool in an attempt\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":739,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2013\/01\/08\/exclusive-as-gitmo-turns-11-al-jazeeras-sami\/","url_meta":{"origin":1448,"position":2},"title":"Exclusive: As Gitmo Turns 11, Al Jazeera\u2019s Sami al-Hajj on 6-Year Ordeal of U.S. Detention, Torture","author":"aslam","date":"January 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"See on Scoop.it - Rights & Liberties On the 11th anniversary of Guant\u00e1namo Bay\u2019s use as a prison for foreign detainees, we air a Democracy Now! 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