March 6, 2004

Hotel Guantanamo

The Eurosoc blog has a link to a Guardian article with an interview from two detainees who were recently released. My favorite quote was this: bq. "The American soldiers ate pork but they said we must never do that because we were Muslim," said Naqibullah. "They were very strict about Islam." Another quote: bq. Asadullah is even more sure of this. "Americans are great people, better than anyone else," he said, when found at his elder brother's tiny fruit and nut shop in a muddy backstreet of Kabul. "Americans are polite and friendly when you speak to them. They are not rude like Afghans. If I could be anywhere, I would be in America. I would like to be a doctor, an engineer -- or an American soldier." Posted by DaveH at March 6, 2004 12:01 PM