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How the US Rendered, Tortured and Discarded One Innocent Man | The Nation

An unfortunate reminder of the high cost of the GWOT...

"In mid-2003, Suleiman arrived at Bagram, where he was ordered to stand within the outline of a square drawn on the floor. “From today onward, your name is 1075,” the American guards told him. “You are in our box, and we have five basic rules: One: No talking. Two: Don’t look around. Keep your face down. Three: Don’t touch anything around the cage. Four: Don’t speak. Five: Don’t run.” Later, one of the guards looked at tall, skinny Suleiman and said, “You must be related to Snoop Dogg. Maybe he’s your father.” After this Suleiman’s name at Bagram was Snoop Dogg.

At Bagram, Suleiman never saw the sun, only the constant, blinding lights hanging just above his wire-mesh cage. He says he would look at the birds flying among the rafters, swooping down to peck around his cage. Bird droppings fell from the high ceiling through the mesh. Watching them, Suleiman would think, “Look at me today! I am on the side that the birds ought to be. I am in the cage, and they are free!”

11:03 AM Oct 07 2012

Somalia warlords selling individuals for cash. It's like human trafficking, slavery, and 1984 all wrapped up into one.

11:52 AM Oct 07 2012

Some bits of WWII too. Ghost prisoners? No names and only numbers as identification?

12:32 PM Oct 07 2012

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