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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829500803321

Autore

Worthington Andy

Titolo

The Guantánamo files [[electronic resource] ] : the stories of the 774 detainees in America's illegal prison / / Andy Worthington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2007

ISBN

1-78371-553-7

1-84964-364-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Disciplina

973.931

Soggetti

Political prisoners - Government policy - Cuba - Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

Prisoners of war - Legal status, laws, etc - Cuba - Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

Detention of persons - Cuba - Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 "Operation Enduring Freedom" -- 2 The Qala-i-Janghi Massacre -- 3 The Convoy of Death -- 4 Tora Bora -- 5 Escape to Pakistan: " Osama's Bodyguards" -- 6 Escape to Pakistan: Saudis and Yemenis -- 7 Escape to Pakistan: The Diaspora -- 8 Kandahar -- 9 From Sheberghan to Kandahar -- 10 Others Captured in Afghanistan -- 11 Guantánamo Opens -- 12 House Raids and Other Arrests in Pakistan -- 13 The Capture of Abu Zubaydah and its Aftermath -- 14 Bagram -- 15 Torture, Abuse and False Confessions in Guantánamo -- 16 " Extraordinary Rendition," " Ghost" Prisoners and Secret Prisons -- 17 Losing the War in Afghanistan -- 18 Challenging the Law -- 19 Suicides and Hunger Strikes -- 20 Endgame? -- Notes -- Index.