by Murat KurnazFrom the publisher:
In October 2001, nineteen-year-old Murat Kurnaz traveled to Pakistan to visit a madrassa. During a security check a few weeks after his arrival, he was arrested without explanation and for a bounty of $3,000, the Pakistani police sold him to U.S. forces.
He was first taken to Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he was severely mistreated, and then two months later he was flown to Guantanamo as Prisoner #61. For more than 1,600 days, he was tortured and lived through hell.He was kept in a cage and endured daily interrogations, solitary confinement, and sleep deprivation. Finally, in August 2006, Kurnaz was released, with acknowledgment of his innocence. Told with lucidity, accuracy, and wisdom, Kurnaz's story is both sobering and poignant--an important testimony about our turbulent times when innocent people get caught in the crossfire of the war on terrorism.
"A vital document that should - rightly - shock and appall." — Kirkus
"This book hurts. As it should. Whoever reads this book won't forget it for a long time." - Tageszeitung
"This book is both impressive and oppressive and should be made required reading for our foreign minister and for all the people who stood in the way of this man's return." - Frankfurter Rundschau
"If you want to know the exact meaning of the true the cost in terms of human rights and humanity in the international war on terror, read this book. It will be a shocking experience." - Tagesspiegel
