This entire saga is pure bullshit!!
The fact that BRITISH citizens have been extradited to the US should be causing alarm bells to ring in EVERY single person living in the UK.
The entire charges and reasoning behind this is bullshit too - Babar Ahmad has been extradited because the alleged website he made was on US servers!! WTF!!!!!????? So you're telling me if the brand of bleach used by a dumb ass wanna-be terrorist (in the UK) is a US brand then he can extradited too??
I just hate to think what these men are going through - 8 years indefinitely detained in a UK prison would have been hard enough but to then go to the US where the conditions are known to be harsher and so far from their family must be so frightening. But these are men of faith, it is their infallible strength and patience that erks most observers who wish to see them suffer. Babar Ahmad has written many poems and even a little booklet called Words of Wisdom From Behind Bars - I would encourage you all to download and read it. Just from reading his words you know this man could not be guilty of inciting hate or acts of violence...
Lets get back to the human element of this, these men have been taken away from a distressing situation - to now an unfamiliar and even more so distressing environment. I have no doubt they will be found guilty (unfortunately this is how the "justice" system works - you wouldn't go through the expense of having these men brought to US only to say 'oops we got it wrong''). If found guilty what happens next? Spend the rest of their lives in US prisons or be bought back home to serve out their sentences? Be kept separated from their families for the rest of their lives because of the distance? Surely, that's against their human rights?? What will happen to Gary Mckinnon? If he's not extradited does this become about the colour of someones skin or their religion that's qualifying them for extradition? May seem a bit outlandish that this could be about someones religion but it would be stupid to ignore the blatant facts! Guantanamo Bay has housed over 750 men of ONE faith - Islam! This has happened before in history when a people of one faith have been herded into cages, suffered horrific fates...we may not be far from that reoccurring.
Talha Ahsan suffers from Aspergers Syndrome. In a medico legal report of June 2009, a consultant psychiatrist
described him as “an extremely vulnerable individual who from a
psychiatric perspective would be more appropriately placed in a
specialist service for adults with autistic disorders.” Again, the reasoning behind allowing this obviously fragile individual to be extradited baffles me - Our countrys judges lack any sense of intellect - dimwits!
One last thing the U.N. Committee Against Torture expressed concern about “prolonged
isolation periods” and “the extremely harsh regime” in US Supermax
prisons. It is little wonder that the former warden of ADX Florence
described the prison as a ‘clean version of hell.’ <<< That is what these men look to be facing for the rest of their lives.
If their stories don't affect you check that you still have a pulse - I'm not saying that they should be free (although that is what i think!) I'm saying the right thing would have been to try them at home....not in a foreign land under bullshit reasoning!
I hope and pray that I am proven wrong - that justice still exists in this day and age, but I won't hold my breath.
Saturday 6 October 2012
Monday 27 August 2012
Random...
Today's post is going to be random - an explosion of thoughts.
The last I posted was in Feb - a lot's happened personally, globally and politically...
I've been wrecking my mind thinking how can i ever make a change? How can i make the kids i see acting like right idiots realise their potential? How do I help people open their minds to issues like Syria, Guantanamo Bay prison, indefinite detention...?
What pisses me off the most is that kids growing up in areas like Tottenham, Peckham, Brixton....povery & crime ridden areas..... know that no one is going to help them. They have so much potential, so much character, determination and motivation that when it's applied to something good they will excel in it. But why would they even try to do that when from an early age they're exposed to things no child should be exposed to - crime, drugs, violence and so much more. They're not bad people / kids, they're a product of their environment and no one - not the government and nor the community are doing anything to change it.
I'm blessed that I live in a pretty well off area... but i've seen things & experienced things that help me identify with those kids. I'm not going to pretend like i've seen people get killed but i know of people that have seen that, that should have been the intended victim - i know what they aspire towards and i know what the reality is. They all have dreams to be something better, no one WANTS to be in a gang or go to prison - but the reality is they are so limited in their choices that this is all they see for themselves! I'm sick of people thinking its a simple topic - read an article about some gang shooting and saying they're idiots is the most naive and ignorant attitude to have.
I don't know what the point of this is - like i said it random and its just me rambling (through text) but i just want people to think twice before they comment on kids in hoodies... i haven't even touched on the issues most of these lot will face. Most join gangs because if they don't their chances of surviving unscathed in such environments is little to none, they kill because the mentality is that sooner or later they too will become a target, they sell drugs to earn money - money they wouldn't be able to make otherwise because of the lack of jobs available to them. When you get a chance to sit out and speak with them - most will be polite, most realise that the life they lead isn't ideal but what all will say is that they do what needs to be done. They know nothing different and don't expect any change.... i can't even begin to imagine what that is like!
I haven't even touched upon Guantanamo or Syria, but i think that's enough for today. I just hope that if any one does end up reading this they'll think twice before making any judgements whether it be on a kid in a hoody, a women in niqaab or a man covered in tattoos.
The last I posted was in Feb - a lot's happened personally, globally and politically...
I've been wrecking my mind thinking how can i ever make a change? How can i make the kids i see acting like right idiots realise their potential? How do I help people open their minds to issues like Syria, Guantanamo Bay prison, indefinite detention...?
What pisses me off the most is that kids growing up in areas like Tottenham, Peckham, Brixton....povery & crime ridden areas..... know that no one is going to help them. They have so much potential, so much character, determination and motivation that when it's applied to something good they will excel in it. But why would they even try to do that when from an early age they're exposed to things no child should be exposed to - crime, drugs, violence and so much more. They're not bad people / kids, they're a product of their environment and no one - not the government and nor the community are doing anything to change it.
I'm blessed that I live in a pretty well off area... but i've seen things & experienced things that help me identify with those kids. I'm not going to pretend like i've seen people get killed but i know of people that have seen that, that should have been the intended victim - i know what they aspire towards and i know what the reality is. They all have dreams to be something better, no one WANTS to be in a gang or go to prison - but the reality is they are so limited in their choices that this is all they see for themselves! I'm sick of people thinking its a simple topic - read an article about some gang shooting and saying they're idiots is the most naive and ignorant attitude to have.
I don't know what the point of this is - like i said it random and its just me rambling (through text) but i just want people to think twice before they comment on kids in hoodies... i haven't even touched on the issues most of these lot will face. Most join gangs because if they don't their chances of surviving unscathed in such environments is little to none, they kill because the mentality is that sooner or later they too will become a target, they sell drugs to earn money - money they wouldn't be able to make otherwise because of the lack of jobs available to them. When you get a chance to sit out and speak with them - most will be polite, most realise that the life they lead isn't ideal but what all will say is that they do what needs to be done. They know nothing different and don't expect any change.... i can't even begin to imagine what that is like!
I haven't even touched upon Guantanamo or Syria, but i think that's enough for today. I just hope that if any one does end up reading this they'll think twice before making any judgements whether it be on a kid in a hoody, a women in niqaab or a man covered in tattoos.
Thursday 9 February 2012
Syria
I'm not going to be sarcastic nor humorous - the situation in Syria is such that it overwhelms me.
Thousands have died and continue to do so. The beast that is Bashar deserves a most wretched death, all that he has done I guarantee you it will all come back to him. I am not here to discuss the dirtbag rather I wish to bring to your attention the victims of this tyrant.
Men, women, children and the elderly - none have been spared the horror! I'm not going to go into the graphic details but to put it simply...women's honour has been violated, men have been massacred and children have been left orphaned...yet the world 'leaders' remain silent.
I think its fair to say the Syrian people should not have any expectations of being rescued by the UN, Arab League or any other pathetic and useless group! To be honest, I'm pretty sure the Syrian are brave enough and smart enough to know only they can help themselves and most obviously - God. But here's the thing, I always like to defeat people expectations! They expect nothing from outsiders, so lets do the opposite - lets show them we care and we're thinking about them. Please donate, whether its a pound or a penny....give what you can.
Click here to donate what you can - please!
Mothers are terrified for their children's safety, by donating you help ease their fear of starvation. Fathers are terrified of whether their families are safe while they defend their lives - you help by funding shelter for families.
Do not belittle any amount given to charity - give what you can and go to bed knowing you have done a great deed!
Thousands have died and continue to do so. The beast that is Bashar deserves a most wretched death, all that he has done I guarantee you it will all come back to him. I am not here to discuss the dirtbag rather I wish to bring to your attention the victims of this tyrant.
Men, women, children and the elderly - none have been spared the horror! I'm not going to go into the graphic details but to put it simply...women's honour has been violated, men have been massacred and children have been left orphaned...yet the world 'leaders' remain silent.
I think its fair to say the Syrian people should not have any expectations of being rescued by the UN, Arab League or any other pathetic and useless group! To be honest, I'm pretty sure the Syrian are brave enough and smart enough to know only they can help themselves and most obviously - God. But here's the thing, I always like to defeat people expectations! They expect nothing from outsiders, so lets do the opposite - lets show them we care and we're thinking about them. Please donate, whether its a pound or a penny....give what you can.
Click here to donate what you can - please!
Mothers are terrified for their children's safety, by donating you help ease their fear of starvation. Fathers are terrified of whether their families are safe while they defend their lives - you help by funding shelter for families.
Do not belittle any amount given to charity - give what you can and go to bed knowing you have done a great deed!
Saturday 14 January 2012
Guantanamo - 10 Years Later!
10 years later Guantanamo remains open and worse of all, active. 170 captives remain stranded on this is island in a facility that will go into history books as the the worst criminal act by the USA. I guarantee you!
This facility is known to have carried out regular torture & this came in all forms, physical, mental and sexual. The implications of this on the detainees mental health are terrifying. Sexual abuse is sadly quite common in regular state prison, committed by criminals on other incarcerated criminals. Never have I heard of such rampant cases of sexual abuse by GUARDS on prisoners as often as I have from Guantanamo. I say without hesitation that the majority of guards at GITMO are more criminal than those being held. Guantanamo is the equivalent of letting dogs look after humans - a disaster waiting to happen. Human rights group argue that indefinite detention alone is an act of torture, add solitary confinement to that and you have a lethal mental weapon against detainees.
Acts of torture are common. This is not me saying it, the documents speak for them self! Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured in March 2003 & had been waterboarded atleast 183 times by the CIA. That wasn't all, he was held at a secret detention facility - so only God knows what else he & many others were put through. A judge even declared that "Americas idea of what is torture...does not appear to coincide with that of most civilized nations".
This facility has held over 700 people. That's 700 lives destroyed / tainted forever, not including the guards. As much as one can say they are weak people to follow commands even when they are so blatantly inhumane one can't begin to think of what they feel when they're back home with their families, knowing what evil acts they've witness & participated in.
Guantanamo has changed the future for many people. It has transgressed all limits both morally & legally. It has always been said that in war leave alone the women, the children & the old. Guantanamo has had no mercy. The oldest captive was 89 year old Mohammed Sadiq, and the youngest 14 year old Naqib Ullah (I'm pretty sure I've heard of a 12 year old being held but can't find the details). There have also been statements of women being held there. The US government has since become cocky & has even so far as to go into other nations and kidnap foreign citizens! Last year Italy convicted 26 CIA agents in absentia for kidnapping an Italian citizen & then dumping him in the woods near his house a year later.
The individuals that remain there are there simply to save face! Shaker Ameer, Fayiz Al Kanderi, Omar Khadr & many more are ready for release but due to the US governments stupidity & plain arrogance they remain stranded.
"GTMO should be closed, torture abolished, military commisons scrapped, renditions ceased, indefinite detention should be a thing of the past & people (including children) should no longer be made to 'disappear' into unknown black site prisons" - David Hicks (in an exclusive interview with Jason Leopold) The fact that such a statement needs to be said tells us how bad things have got.
Guantanamo is no longer about keeping the bad guys locked up. The bad guys aren't the ones in the cages - scary but true! Rather it's the ones in uniforms carrying out the commands who should be locked up. It's the leader who allows their actions to continue, when a true leader would be ashamed of having such actions associated with his leadership, who deserves to be locked up. The real criminals sit behind desks arguing to keep practicing torture & sign new laws that make torture acceptable! The real criminals strut around thinking their invincible, I swear by the One who created this Earth & everything in it, they will be judged & true justice will be served!
This facility is known to have carried out regular torture & this came in all forms, physical, mental and sexual. The implications of this on the detainees mental health are terrifying. Sexual abuse is sadly quite common in regular state prison, committed by criminals on other incarcerated criminals. Never have I heard of such rampant cases of sexual abuse by GUARDS on prisoners as often as I have from Guantanamo. I say without hesitation that the majority of guards at GITMO are more criminal than those being held. Guantanamo is the equivalent of letting dogs look after humans - a disaster waiting to happen. Human rights group argue that indefinite detention alone is an act of torture, add solitary confinement to that and you have a lethal mental weapon against detainees.
Acts of torture are common. This is not me saying it, the documents speak for them self! Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured in March 2003 & had been waterboarded atleast 183 times by the CIA. That wasn't all, he was held at a secret detention facility - so only God knows what else he & many others were put through. A judge even declared that "Americas idea of what is torture...does not appear to coincide with that of most civilized nations".
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| Detainee returning after interrogation |
This facility has held over 700 people. That's 700 lives destroyed / tainted forever, not including the guards. As much as one can say they are weak people to follow commands even when they are so blatantly inhumane one can't begin to think of what they feel when they're back home with their families, knowing what evil acts they've witness & participated in.
Guantanamo has changed the future for many people. It has transgressed all limits both morally & legally. It has always been said that in war leave alone the women, the children & the old. Guantanamo has had no mercy. The oldest captive was 89 year old Mohammed Sadiq, and the youngest 14 year old Naqib Ullah (I'm pretty sure I've heard of a 12 year old being held but can't find the details). There have also been statements of women being held there. The US government has since become cocky & has even so far as to go into other nations and kidnap foreign citizens! Last year Italy convicted 26 CIA agents in absentia for kidnapping an Italian citizen & then dumping him in the woods near his house a year later.
The individuals that remain there are there simply to save face! Shaker Ameer, Fayiz Al Kanderi, Omar Khadr & many more are ready for release but due to the US governments stupidity & plain arrogance they remain stranded.
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| David Hicks |
Guantanamo is no longer about keeping the bad guys locked up. The bad guys aren't the ones in the cages - scary but true! Rather it's the ones in uniforms carrying out the commands who should be locked up. It's the leader who allows their actions to continue, when a true leader would be ashamed of having such actions associated with his leadership, who deserves to be locked up. The real criminals sit behind desks arguing to keep practicing torture & sign new laws that make torture acceptable! The real criminals strut around thinking their invincible, I swear by the One who created this Earth & everything in it, they will be judged & true justice will be served!
Monday 2 January 2012
List of those detained at #Guantanamo
They deserve to be heard....
Al-Afghani, Haroon
Al-Afghani, Muhammed
Fazl, Mullah Mohammad
Ghani, Abdul
Gul, Khi Ali
Karim, Bostan
Khairkhwa, Khirullah Said Wali
Omari, Mohammad Nabi
Hamidullah
Kamin, Mohammed
Khan, Shawali
Mohammed, Haji Wali
Noori, Mullah Norullah
Obaidullah
Razzak, Abdul (73 years old & died in custody)
Shah, Nahir
Sohail, Mohammed Mustafa
Wasiq, Abdul Haq
Zahir, Abdul
Zahir, Mohommod
Belbacha, Ahmed Bin Saleh
Belkacem, Bensayah
Hadjarab, Nabil
Khadr, Omar Ahmed (taken into custody when 15 years old)
Abbas, Yusef
Abdulghupur, Hajiakbar
Khalik, Saidullah
Mohamed, Ahmed
Razak, Abdul
Al Sawah, Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed
Bin Isamuddin, Riduan
Al Iraqi, Abd Al Hadi
Malik, Abdul
Al Awda, Fouzi Khalid Abdullah
Al Kandari, Faiz Mohammed Ahmed
Diyab, Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa
Abdelrahan, Abdelrazak Ali
Abdelrahman, Abdelrazak Ali
Abu Bakr, Omar Khalifa Mohammed
al-Libi, Abu Faraj
Ali Bakush, Ismael Ali Faraj
Ghereby, Salem Abdul Salem
bin Lep, Mohammed Nazir
Zubair, Mohamed Farik bin Amin
Aziz, Ahmed Abdel
Slahi, Mohamedou Ould
Nasir, Abdul Latif
Shokuri, Yunis Abdurrahman
Abu Rahman, Abdul Rabbani Abd Al Rahim
Baluchi, Ammar
Khan, Majid
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh
Paracha, Saifullah
Rabbani, Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam
Zubaida, Abu
Mingazov, Ravil
Al Bedani, Abdul Khaled Ahmed Sahleh
Al Bihani, Tolfiq Nassar Ahmed
Al Darbi, Ahmed Muhammed Haza
Al Nashiri, Abd al-Rahim
Al Qahtani, Jabran Said Wazar
Al Qahtani, Muhammad Mani Ahmed Al Shal Lan
Al Sharbi, Ghassan Abdullah
Al Shumrani, Mohammad Al Rahman
Al Zahrani, Muhammed Murdi Issa
Ali Bin Attash, Hassan Mohammed
Amar, Abu
Ami, Shakir Abdurahim Mohamed
Hawsawi, Mustafa Ahmed
Qahtani, Said Muhammad Husyan
Qattaa, Mansoor Muhammed Ali
Shalabi, Abdul Rahman
Dourad, Gouled Hassan
Al Qosi, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud
Idris, Ibrahim Othman Ibrahim
Muhammaed, Noor Uthman
Ahjam, Ahmed Adnan
Faraj, Abd Al Hadio Omar Mahmoud
Shaaban, Ali Husein
Abdulayev, Omar Hamzayavich
Al Yazidi, Ridah Bin Saleh
Hkiml, Adel Bin Ahmed Bin Ibrahim
Ourgy, Abdul Bin Mohammed Bin Abess
Rahman, Mohammed Abdul
Sliti, Hisham Bin Ali Bin Amor
Abd Al Sattar, Muieen A Deen Jamal A Deen Abd Al Fusal
Hamidullah, Ali Sher
Hussein, Abdul Qadir Yousef
Tahamuttan, Mohammed Abdullah
Abd Al Mujahid, Mahmoud Abd Al Aziz
Abd Al Rahman Abd, Allal Ab Aljallil
Abd Al Wahab, Abd Al Malik
Abu Ghanim, Mohammed Rajab Sadiq
Ahmad, Majid Mahmud Abdu
Ahmed, Abdul Rahman
Ahmed, Fahmi Abdullah
Al Alawi, Muaz Hamza Ahmad
Al Ansi, Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah
Al Bihani, Ghaleb Nassar
Al Busayss, Adil Said Al Haj Obeid
Al Dhuby, Khalid Mohammed Salih
Al Edah, Mohammed Ahmad Said
Al Hamiri, Mohammed Abdullah
Al Hikimi, Ahmed Umar Abdullah
Al Hilal, Abdul Al Salam
Al Kazimi, Sanad Yislam
Al Khalaqi, Asim Thahit Abdullah
Al Madoonee, Musab Omar Ali
Al Marwalah, Bashir Nasir Ali
Al Maythali, Ha Il Aziz Ahmed
Al Mudhaffari, Abdel Qadir Hussein
Al Nahdi, Sulaiman Awath Sulaiman Bin Ageel
Al Qadasi, Khalid Abd Jal Jabbar Muhammad Juthman
Al Qurashi, Sabri Mohammed Ebrahim
Al Rahizi, Ali Ahmad Muhammad
Al Rammah, Omar Mohammed Ali
Al Sabri, Mashur Abdallah Muqbil Ahmed
Al Saleh, Abdul
Al Sani, Fahmi Salem Said
Al Shamyri, Mustafa Abdul Qawi Abdul Aziz
Al Sharabi, Zuhail Abdo Anam Said
Al Suadi, Abdul Aziz Abdullah Ali
Al Wady, Hamoud Abdullah Hamoud Hassan
Al Warafi, Muktar Yahya Najee
Al Yafi, Al Khadr Abdallah Muhammed
Al-Marwa'I, Toufiq Saber Muhammad
Alahdal, Abu Bakr Ibn Ali Muhhammad
Awad, Jalal Salam Awad
Awad, Waqas Mohammed Ali
Azani, Saad Masir Mukbl Al
Baada, Tarek Ali Abdullah Ahmed
Balzuhair, Shawki Awad
Bin Atef, Mahmmoud Omar Mohammed
Bin Attash, Walid Muhammad
Binalshibh, Ramzi
Bwazir, Mohammed Ali Abdullah
Ghazi, Fahed Abdullah Ahmad
Hadi, Salem Ahmed
Haidel, Mohammed Ahmed Said
Hakim, Abdel Ghalib Ahmad
Hamdoun, Zahar Omar Hamis Bin
Hassan, Emad Abdalla
Hatim, Said Muhammed Salih
Hintif, Fadil Husayn Salih
Ismail, Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman
Ismail, Yasin Qasem Muhammad
Jarabh, Saeed Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah Sarem
Khnenah, Muhammed Ali Hussein
Khusruf, Mohammed Nasir Yahya
Masud, Sharaf Ahmad Muhammad
Mohammed, Hussein Salem
Moqbel, Samir Naji Al Hasan
Muhammad, Abd Al Rahman Abdullah Ali
Nashir, Sa Id Salih Sa Id
Nassir, Jamil Ahmed Said
Qader, Ahmed Abdul
Qader Idris, Idris Ahmed Abdu
Qasim, Khaled
Qyati, Abdul Rahman Umir Al
Rabeii, Salman Yahya Hassan Mohammed
Rahman, Abdul
Said Kuman, Ahmed Yaslam
Salam, Mohammed Ahmed
Saleh, Ayoub Murshid Ali
Saleh Naser, Abdul Rahman Mohamed
Salem Al Zarnuki, Mohammed Ali
Salih, Abdul Al Razzaq Muhammad
Sharqawi, Abdu Ali Al Haji
Sulayman, Abdul Rahman Abdul Abu Ghityh
Suleiman, Fayiz Ahmad Yahia
Uthman, Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed
Zaid, Walid Said Bin Said
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