Just finished reading "Enemy Combatant" by Moazzam Begg. Both the book and the man made a deep impression on me and made me think about justice, fear, ignorance, compassion, truth, God, no-God and Buddhism
M B, softly spoken, calm, modest, highly articulate and unenbittered despite being imprisonned 3 years without charge or trial, talked at the Apollo theatre at the beginning of the month . He spoke of his harrowing experiences in Bagram detention centre in Afghanistan and in Guantanamo (mostly in solitary confinement) and remarkably has positive words about some of the US guards he met in Guantanamo. When asked about how he was able to express himself so well, he said that before his incarceration he was not a confident public speaker so he wanted to thank the CIA, MI5, FBI and the US military for giving him the confidence and experience after over 300 interrogations to perfect his style!
So where from now?
John and I have decided to hold a coffee morning soon to help raise funds to send a lorry with supplies to Gaza. Thank you Rachel from "Friends of Palestine" for all your hard work!
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