Hajj, Sami Al - short clip - BeingReleased
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| - | Finally, they asked me to break my hunger strike, | 0:00 |
| and then they will release me. | 0:04 | |
| I told them, | 0:06 | |
| "I didn't believe you, | 0:07 | |
| "because you promised me three times to return me back. | 0:09 | |
| "One in Bagram, | 0:13 | |
| "and second in Kandahar, | 0:14 | |
| "and third in Guantanamo. | 0:15 | |
| "I never believe you more. | 0:18 | |
| "I will break my hunger strike in my home." | 0:20 | |
| And for that since I continues. | 0:24 | |
| (speaking in foreign language) | 0:27 | |
| Interviewer | And so what happened? | 0:30 |
| How did you... | 0:31 | |
| One day they just came and put you on a plane? | 0:32 | |
| - | No. | 0:37 |
| They do something. | 0:38 | |
| They bring you and they told you, | 0:40 | |
| "we decide to release you." | 0:43 | |
| And you're supposed to sign some paper. | 0:45 | |
| They mentioned four things. | 0:50 | |
| The first things, | 0:52 | |
| you will never work with Al-Qaeda or any terrorist group, | 0:53 | |
| you will never do any problem for U.S.A. | 1:01 | |
| or the friend country to U.S.A., | 1:05 | |
| you will never leave your country, | 1:10 | |
| you will never talk about what is going on in Guantanamo. | 1:13 | |
| And for me, especially, | 1:19 | |
| to stop to work in journalist. | 1:20 | |
| I didn't sign for them. | 1:24 | |
| I refuse. | 1:27 | |
| And (speaking in foreign language), | 1:28 | |
| after that you will meet the ICR. | 1:29 | |
| As I said for you, they decide to release you. | 1:33 | |
| "Are you have any objection? | 1:37 | |
| "They sent you to your country, Sudan." | 1:39 | |
| I told them, | 1:42 | |
| no, I don't have any problem, | 1:42 | |
| in Sudan or anywhere. | 1:44 | |
| Any place has better than Guantanamo. | 1:46 |
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