Comments on: FDL Book Salon Welcomes Mahvish Rukhsana Khan: My Guantanamo Diary

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:01:20 +0000

Thank you Mahvish and Jamil for this enlightening afternoon and bless you for your actions.

By: Mahvish Khan

Mahvish Khan — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:00:42 +0000

Thanks Jamil and Bev. you guys are awesome : )

By: Mahvish Khan

Mahvish Khan — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:00:17 +0000

Thank you all for participating. Your support for this means alot to me.

By: Jamil Dakwar

Jamil Dakwar — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:00:13 +0000

Thank you all and don’t forget to check out Mahvish website: www.mahvishkhan.com

By: Mahvish Khan

Mahvish Khan — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:59:56 +0000

I know that Dr. Ali Shah is seeking treatment for depression… i dont believe the vast majority have such access in a poor country like A’stan.

By: Mahvish Khan

Mahvish Khan — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:59:22 +0000

As stated above, he wanted to come to the United states for medical treatment… but as an enemy combatant that is unlikely. He never blamed the U.S. military for his arrest, and faulted “some honorless Afghan who probably sold me for a bounty”… but he did fault the military for holding him as long as they did and not conducting an investigation.

he was never charged with anything. his son is now a senator in karzai’s parliament.

By: BevW

BevW — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:59:12 +0000

As we come to the end of this great Book Salon,

Mahvish, Thank you very much for stopping by the Lake and spending the afternoon with us discussing your book and experiences.

Jamil, Thank you very much for all that you do and for Hosting today’s Book Salon.

Everyone, if you haven’t bought this great book, there is a link above.

Thanks all.

By: Jamil Dakwar

Jamil Dakwar — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:58:09 +0000

Do you if they are getting any kind of therapy and professional rehab treatment which I imagine is extremely hard to obtain in Afghanistan?

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:57:17 +0000

It was also amazing to see Haji Nusrat, 80, (without giving away the book!) he had the same personality as he did at gitmo… grumpy old man.. but really sweet. I was honored to visit him at his home..

Grumpy old men should be allowed to be grumpy old men in their homes and not in prison cells on an island in the Caribbean.

By: Mahvish Khan

Mahvish Khan — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:56:30 +0000

I do believe that most Americans would be incensed if they knew.. but this stuff never makes it into our media. (such as the organ removal of dead detainees)