Mansoor Adayfi

Don't Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantanamo
by Mansoor Adayfi

This is a book that should be read by ever American so maybe we will not allow our government to go against the Geneva Convention again. This is one man's nightmare of being sold to the CIA for $1,500 dollars even though he was innocent. The majority of those locked up were innocent. Mansoor was only 19 years old and was locked up for 14 years.

Monsoor describes the whole tragic ordeal of the capture, the torture, transfer to a black site, and then to Guantanamo. He also what happens with others around him. What they endured, how they tried to fight back in subtle ways, and the fact they never expected the Americans would do this to them.

There was daily beating, and other tortures such as rectal probes, holding their eyes open and pepper spray applied, keeping them naked, freezing them, little to no sunshine, loud noises to make them not sleep, constantly grabbing them for interrogation claiming they were guilty, having dogs attack them, and so much more.

None of these people were charged with anything. Some were teachers, journalists, doctors, farmers, and kids! When one of Monsoor's friends got a broken tooth from fist or boot, he was in so much pain. No one would help him. The cell mates made a big stink so after a couple of weeks, they took the kid away. When he came back they had pulled eight teeth! One of the nice guards wrote up a report and was relocated off base. No one was allowed to complain. Another had frost bite to the tips of a couple of fingers. He came back with no fingers.

Although this upset me greatly to read, I think it is important to know what our government did in our names! It was an illegal war in my opinion and to drop our humanity on top of that and be okay with it is beyond words!
When Monsoor was finally released after 14 years of hell, he didn't even have a choice as to where to live. Others that left before him didn't do well. Some were killed because they were feared because America called them terrorists.

I hope the Bush Administration and everyone of them that played a part in lying to get us into that war reads this and sees what they have done.

There is so much in here! What I touched on is just the tip of the iceberg. Knowledge is power, read this!
I want to thank the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read this book. Monsoor, I will think of you daily!… (altro)