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Assange Episode 5: Surviving Guantanamo

Published time: May 14, 2012 14:30
Edited time: January 11, 2013 20:24
Julian Assange speaks with Moazzam Begg and Asim Qureshi
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The latest episode of The World Tomorrow takes us to the very heart of America’s War on Terror: Guantanamo Bay. Julian Assange sat down with a former Gitmo prisoner and a rights campaigner fighting for those still trapped behind the wire.

Ten years ago the war on terror prompted the opening of the facility.  Now, more than three years after President Obama ordered its closure, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, like the war in Afghanistan, remains with us. Over a year ago, Wikileaks blew the lid on Gitmo by releasing a cache of files that exposed the inner workings of the infamous prison where 169 remain without hope of trial or release.

Moazzam Begg, born and raised in the UK, was imprisoned for years in Guantanamo as an Al Qaeda suspect. He amazingly managed to secure his release in 2005 after lobbying his government.

Asim Qureshi is a former corporate lawyer, whose human rights organization Cageprisoners Ltd exists solely to raise awareness of the plight of prisoners who remain in Guantanamo Bay.

Begg signed a confession admitting he “was armed and prepared to fight alongside the Taliban and Al Qaeda against the US,” but only after being hog-tied and beaten as he listened “to the sound of a woman screaming next door I'm told or am led to believe is my wife.”

Together, both men discuss the plight of Muslims in the post 9/11 world, the thin line between terror and self-defense, and how Begg believes Obama has ushered in an era where “extra-judicial killing” has replaced “extra-judicial detention.”

Stay tuned and watch the new episode of Assange’s “The World Tomorrow” exclusively on RT, Tuesday, 11:30 GMT.

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017143 (unregistered) 18.05.2012 08:13

2 of 2:I read that the primary reason CIA exists is to control the marketing and distribution of heroin derivatives to the very wide customer base world wide. This is how it makes its money if you like, and in our capitalist world, anything that's done, has to be done for the eventual profit which will be astronomical.CIA and MI6 job is to think up extraordinary projects and feats, and so the question is - was the Wikileaks fiasco an instance of CIA being taken by surprise, or was it a carefully organised bit of genius designed with public relations in mind? 
As a consequence of past events, Julian Assange, with his reputation for whistle blowing and apparent honesty in providing the general public with 'facts' the CIA would rather we didn't know, he now has his own TV program - would you believe? - with guests that can talk the same language as the millions of muslims who no doubt tune in to his program every evening.So, while you might think that Julian is a double agent, CIA couldn't give a toss what you think. CIA is, however, interested in 'educating' all those muslims out there, many of whom might be thinking - perhaps Osama Bin Laden ( Obama! Sin Laden) really did have a hand in 911? And guys, when you are commenting, could you please ensure your spelling and grammar are accurate so we know exactly what you're saying?

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017143 (unregistered) 18.05.2012 08:12

1 of 3   :When the Sky TV channels RT and Aljazeera originally began broadcasting, it was plain they were offering an alternative view to Fox, CNN and the BBC, which was refreshing and for them, a little dangerous.

If memory serves me correctly, wasn't Aljazeera eventually bombed by Bush, and the result of this is that all news networks are now basically identical and controlled by the same people who are now free to decide what is broadcast. 
Ever yone on the planet can now listen to the same news in their own language, but where the delivery can be modified depending on who is listening. 

Thus, the whole world is slowly and gradually being brain washed into believing that world events occur and unfold exactly as Sky news dictates.
Every now and again, Newsnight on BBC2 feeds us with a bit of news that must have come from the desk of MI6, and it struck me that Newsnight is an arm of MI6. Thus people like Jeremy Paxman are forever lying through their teeth and feeding us with propaganda. 

MI6 is the intelligence arm of Monarchy, both of which have been around for centuries. Monarchy is not just the Royal Family (bless their hearts) but the entire kit and caboodle. 

We know that in December 1913, Rothschild et al set up the Federal Reserve and 6 months later, world war 1 began and Europeans began killing each other in massive numbers. Coincidence? 

Thus, the Federal Reserve is an outpost of the Bank of England which is a central bank which is privately owned by individuals.

It makes sense therefore to deduce that the recently created CIA in 1945 is in actuality an extension of MI6, and the CIA therefore takes its marching orders from MI6 which is the intelligence arm of Monarchy.

Did I read somewhere that defence spending in the USA has never gone down since world war 2 which indicates that the ruling elite are forever preparing for war (and fighting it obviously). It's their raison d'etre for existing if you like.

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Rubin Schmidt (unregistered) 17.05.2012 00:18

At jamie beattie: Thats the past, history if you like. The present is even worse.It will take time to oncover the truth by that time it will be too late for the "Indians". If the evil ones keep repleating the same lie over and over again, even when it has been exposed as a lie, people will be fooled into thinking its the truth. Example: Amadinajad DIDNT say that Isreal would be wiped off the face of the map...It was Col. Alan Sabrosky.Phd.who DID say The Americans WOULD if they knew who carried out 9/11. HE IS a whistleblower, Assange NEVER was.Do you think Assange or RT is going to quizz this "madman", unfortuneately,I think not, but anybody can watch "Missing Links" The ultimate truth about 9/11.,and make up their own minds.!

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