Talk:Mohammad Bawazir

merge
I looked for Mohammad Bawazir in the full official list, now that it has been released.

He wasn't there, at least under that spelling.

But Yasim Muhammed Basardah seemed pretty close. It is within the window of non-standard transliterations the DoD uses. So I merged the two articles.

After merging I read the transcripts from his CSRT and ARB hearing. They show a guy who went to Afghanistan, to fight, and appears to have decided to answer his interrogators as fully and completely as possible. The Newspaper articles that the older article is based on describe a guy who participated in a 140 day hunger strike. He would have been participating in his hunger strike when he was called before his ARB hearing. There is no sign of that in his hearing.

I am wonder if the merge was well advised after all.

If the newspaper articles describe the same guy as the transcripts what could have prompted his hunger strike? Could it have been caused by a lack of respect by the American authorities? Did they remove him from Camp 5, where he was subjected to regular beatings, and death threats by unrepentant jihadists? Was he pissed off because American intelligence authorities made up a bunch of bullshit boiler-plate allegations. even though he had put his life on the line to be completely candid, and had informed on senior jihadist leaders, including OBL? -- Geo Swan 09:44, 23 July 2006 (UTC)