The prison at Guantanamo Bay is currently perhaps the strongest symbol of US imperialism and hypocrisy. I've noted before that Pakistanis are the plurality of detainees at Guantanamo. You would think that this should make Guantanamo a special cause for us, and something we should absolutely refuse to participate in.
Well, you'd think wrong. Apparently, Pakistani bounty hunters "delivered" 18 Uighur Chinese to the US government, 13 of whom are now being detained at Guantanamo Bay. From Daily Times:
Pakistanis ‘sold’ 18 Uighurs to US
WASHINGTON: Eighteen Uighur Chinese, 13 of whom are now in solitary confinement at a prison camp in Guantanamo, were delivered to the US by Pakistani bounty hunters. According to a Washington Post report, the Muslim Chinese dissidents were “sold for bounty by Pakistanis in 2002”. The men had just arrived from Afghanistan, where they said they had received limited military training because they opposed the Chinese government control of their native region. They said they were never aligned with the Taliban or the Al Qaeda. Five of the Uighurs were released in 2005 by a military review panel...
Shame on us.
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