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Pakistanis acted as bounty hunters in Afghanistan
 A Guantanamo Bay prisoner has said that Pakistani officials were paid bounties of as much as $10,000 to turn over terror suspects in Afghanistan to the Americans. Said Amir Jan, whose testimony was found in one of the 5,000 documents obtained by the Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act, said that Pakistani officials were making a business off the war.
| My heat bleeds for them... [Urp!] |
When Americans came to Afghanistan, I was in prison. We cheered them. We were going to be released as the Taliban wasnt in power anymore. How could I ... turn around and fight against the people who released me from prison, Jan said.
| Because they were infidels? |
Appearing before an internally-constituted tribunal at the prison camp, Jan said: Please ... look at my case ... try to find out who I am, and decide about me. One detainee from Kazakhstan said that he was captured by Afghans and turned over to the Americans, but did not understand why he was in custody because he was just a farmer. A tribunal official asked him why he was in Afghanistan. He answered: I went to Afghanistan with my family for a better life. They captured me at the house, and that is why I am here. When asked if he grew poppy in his garden, he replied: I dont know what poppy is.
| And I'm an Irishman named Murphy. I love these little tales. |
Posted by: Fred 2006-03-06 |
