Letter home from Camp X-Ray

Undertoad · 02-26-2002, 07:33 PM

Here's something you won't see anywhere else. According to pundit Andrew Sullivan's weblog, Britain's <i>
Daily Express</i> published three letters from the British al Qaeda members imprisoned at Camp X-Ray. The newspaper isn't online but Sullivan excerpted the relevant bit:

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Iqbal's letter is badly-spelled - with capital and lower-case letters scattered at random.

He begins: "Just a few lines to say that I'm well and doing fine. I'm now in Cuba and it very hot.

"How is everyone at home. Is Mum and Dad okay?

"Tell them not to worry. I'm fine. Tell my friends AJ and Haddam that I'm alright.

"I've got a Koran and prayer from the Red Cross.

"I'm getting three meals a day and have to shit in a bucket in my cell.

"Tell Mum and Dad I love them and to make Dua - pray - for me and to forgive me for my mistakes."

The former factory worker then asks about Nasreen - the bride whom he travelled to Pakistan to wed in an arranged marriage last October.

Both Iqbal and former student Rasul, 24, demand to know how their football teams - Manchester United and Liverpool respectively - are doing.

The letters also reveal that prisoners at the camp are able to talk to each other. Iqbal writes: "Shafiq and Ruhal are fine tell their family, but I do not know what happened to Munir."

Munir Ali, 21, is the younger brother of Syeda Khatun, 33, the second woman Bangladeshi councillor in Britain. Rasul's letters is less positive.

He writes: "It's very hot here and I can't take the heat. The food they give us is terrible. 'I have lost three stone in weight since I left home."

But Rasul jokes in one letter: "I bet Asif's Dad is still waiting in Pakistan for the wedding."

Griff · 02-27-2002, 06:50 AM

Morning Edition mentioned that some of these folks may be held indefinitely, without trial. That will be harder to do if the Red Cross helps contact their relatives.

02-26-2002, 07:33 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Letter home from Camp X-Ray Here's something you won't see anywhere else. According to pundit Andrew Sullivan's weblog, Britain's <i> Daily Express</i> published three letters from the British al Qaeda members imprisoned at Camp X-Ray. The newspaper isn't online but Sullivan excerpted the relevant bit: -- Iqbal's letter is badly-spelled - with capital and lower-case letters scattered at random. He begins: "Just a few lines to say that I'm well and doing fine. I'm now in Cuba and it very hot. "How is everyone at home. Is Mum and Dad okay? "Tell them not to worry. I'm fine. Tell my friends AJ and Haddam that I'm alright. "I've got a Koran and prayer from the Red Cross. "I'm getting three meals a day and have to shit in a bucket in my cell. "Tell Mum and Dad I love them and to make Dua - pray - for me and to forgive me for my mistakes." The former factory worker then asks about Nasreen - the bride whom he travelled to Pakistan to wed in an arranged marriage last October. Both Iqbal and former student Rasul, 24, demand to know how their football teams - Manchester United and Liverpool respectively - are doing. The letters also reveal that prisoners at the camp are able to talk to each other. Iqbal writes: "Shafiq and Ruhal are fine tell their family, but I do not know what happened to Munir." Munir Ali, 21, is the younger brother of Syeda Khatun, 33, the second woman Bangladeshi councillor in Britain. Rasul's letters is less positive. He writes: "It's very hot here and I can't take the heat. The food they give us is terrible. 'I have lost three stone in weight since I left home." But Rasul jokes in one letter: "I bet Asif's Dad is still waiting in Pakistan for the wedding."

02-27-2002, 06:50 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Morning Edition mentioned that some of these folks may be held indefinitely, without trial. That will be harder to do if the Red Cross helps contact their relatives.

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