Tuesday, May 24, 2005

AlterNet: What Really Happened at Guantanamo Bay?

It is becoming clear that whatever comes into the media only does so with permission of the ruling elite in the media.

So why does this come out now?
Why does Newsweek print and then retract?
Why does this stuff follow?

Could there be a struggle among the power media brokers over whether to go to war with all Moslems or just the more extreme elements.

Does this prove that the Armaggedonists are winning?

You decide.

"Mubanga, a 32-year-old Londoner who was arrested in Zambia in 2002 and taken to Guantanamo, was released without charge in January 2005, after 33 months in captivity. He says that offensive treatment of the Qu'ran was ongoing, even routine, over the three years he was a prisoner. Mubanga says complaints by inmates about the desecration of the Qu'ran fell upon deaf ears, and often resulted in severe punishment, including pepper-spraying of prisoners.
Laura Flanders' exclusive interview with Martin Mubanga was produced by Christabel Nsiah-Buadi and broadcast on The Laura Flanders Show on Air America Radio on Sunday, May 22. What follows is an edited transcript of the interview."