Guantánamo Diary - Chapter Six: GTMO, September 2003-December 2003 Summary & Analysis

Mohamedou Ould Slahi
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Guantánamo Diary - Chapter Six: GTMO, September 2003-December 2003 Summary & Analysis

Mohamedou Ould Slahi
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In this chapter, Slahi remains in Camp Echo. In Camp Echo, unlike Camp Delta, Slahi finds that “the war against the Islamic religion was more than obvious” (265), as he was prevented from praying and reciting the Koran, and was given no indication of the direction of Mecca. He was interrogated by his previous interrogators, including one of the females, and threatened with more torture. He describes the interrogator’s emotionless state: “He spoke about keeping me from sleeping without a single change in his voice, face, or composure” (268). He believes his interrogators’ and guards’ threats of torture to “be true and serious” (270).

Slahi's descriptions of the actions of his U.S. interrogators and guards are broken by analysis of his situation: “I mean the U.S. government has more power over [redaction] than over U.S. nationals, that’s how...

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