Life is hard when you’re a dumbass

The New York Times publishes a translation from Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel to his lawyer, Samir, the dear innocent child is an 11th year undergrad of Guantanamo University in sunny Cuba. Of course, Samir, a Yemeni, tells the tale of his apprehension; he was looking for a job in Afghanistan when the Americans invaded – you know because the whole world knows how many high-tech, high paying jobs were unfilled in Afghanistan during the Taliban reign in Afghanistan – so he fled to Pakistan, because apparently, Americans didn’t like unemployed Yemenis for some reason. And the Pakistanis scooped him up when he was looking for the Yemeni embassy and gave him over to the Americans who sent him to Guantanamo for his undergrad studies.

Last month, on March 15, I was sick in the prison hospital and refused to be fed. A team from the E.R.F. (Extreme Reaction Force), a squad of eight military police officers in riot gear, burst in. They tied my hands and feet to the bed. They forcibly inserted an IV into my hand. I spent 26 hours in this state, tied to the bed. During this time I was not permitted to go to the toilet. They inserted a catheter, which was painful, degrading and unnecessary. I was not even permitted to pray.

I will never forget the first time they passed the feeding tube up my nose. I can’t describe how painful it is to be force-fed this way. As it was thrust in, it made me feel like throwing up. I wanted to vomit, but I couldn’t. There was agony in my chest, throat and stomach. I had never experienced such pain before. I would not wish this cruel punishment upon anyone.

I am still being force-fed. Two times a day they tie me to a chair in my cell. My arms, legs and head are strapped down. I never know when they will come. Sometimes they come during the night, as late as 11 p.m., when I’m sleeping.

Poor little guy. Just because he refuses to eat and the evil Americans want to keep him alive, he has to endure this torture. I wonder how an American in a Japanese, Vietnamese or Korean POW camp would have been treated if he’d gone on hunger strike. Would anyone have noticed, really? What if an American imprisoned by the Taliban or Haqqani network went on a hunger strike? I guess most of them are since they don’t have heads with which to eat anymore.

Of course, Sammy could end the torture by simply eating a meal once in a while, so I guess he enjoys the ERF’s visits thrice daily and his interaction with them, otherwise, he’d take is meal orally once in a while.

Our buddy, ROS writes at Assoluta Tranquillita.

Category: Terror War