Morning Star Online, Friday 12 March 2010
By Paddy McGuffin
Former British resident Ahmed Belbacha is beyond any doubt the forgotten man of Guantanamo. A tragic figure, who although declared innocent after eight years of false imprisonment, cannot leave as he has no country to return to.
For all Barack Obama’s much-vaunted election pledges to close Guantanamo Bay, Belbacha, along with his fellow prisoner Shaker Aamer, continues to languish in the US camp despite having been cleared of any wrongdoing and being deemed eligible for release.
Belbacha’s case, perhaps more than any other, exposes the appalling absurdity and cynicism of the so-called war on terror.
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Ahmed Belbacha, Guantanamo’s forgotten prisoner
Morning Star Online, Friday 12 March 2010
Former British resident Ahmed Belbacha is beyond any doubt the forgotten man of Guantanamo. A tragic figure, who although declared innocent after eight years of false imprisonment, cannot leave as he has no country to return to.
For all Barack Obama’s much-vaunted election pledges to close Guantanamo Bay, Belbacha, along with his fellow prisoner Shaker Aamer, continues to languish in the US camp despite having been cleared of any wrongdoing and being deemed eligible for release.
Belbacha’s case, perhaps more than any other, exposes the appalling absurdity and cynicism of the so-called war on terror.
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Tags: Ahmed Belbacha, Guantanamo, Shaker Aamer, US Caribbean gulag
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