Benchellali, Mourad, interview 1 - short clip - PsychologicalWarfare

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-	There were some guards.	0:02
	I remember at the beginning, before we went to Camp Delta.	0:04
	We were in Camp X Ray.	0:07
	Some guards told us, well, one detainee had asked a guard,	0:08
	why do you treat us this way? Why do you beat us up?	0:12
	It's unfair. So he said,	0:15
	you're going to be sent to another camp, called Camp Delta.	0:18
	And over there, they won't beat you up anymore,	0:21
	but psychologically it's going to be very hard for you.	0:24
	We'll do anything to make you all crazy.	0:27
	And so we passed it on to all the detainees and all that.	0:30
	We told each other,	0:34
	the American's goal is to make us all go crazy.	0:35
	So each time we thought, if we break, they will have one.	0:38
	It will be their victory in a way,	0:42
	because that's what they want.	0:44
	They want us to become completely mad so that	0:45
	it would give more credit to their claims against us.	0:48
	They could say, see? They're madman, crazies,	0:51
	they're full of hatred and all that.	0:54
	So we were right when we accused them of being	0:56
	dangerous terrorists and so on.	0:58
	So we didn't want to fall into that trap.	1:00
	So that led us to fight in order not to fall apart,	1:03
	not to become crazy, to stay strong because we thought	1:06
	if we fall apart, they will have one.	1:10
	It's like warfare, psychological warfare.	1:12
	So it isn't a physical war, but we must not let them win.	1:15

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Title:

Benchellali, Mourad, interview 1 - short clip - PsychologicalWarfare

Date:

August 9, 2009

Interviewer:

Honigsberg, Peter Jan

Interviewee:

Benchellali, Mourad

Role:

Detainee

Description:

This interview may include descriptions of violence.
Detainee Number US9FR-000161DP
Mourad Benchellali, male, age 28, French, was detained in Guantanamo from January 17, 2002 until July 26, 2004, when he was returned to France. He is currently public speaking in France, in the hope that by hearing his story, young people will not join ISIS or participate in suicide attacks.
Description was provided by Witness to Guantanamo.

Subject:

France

Format:

oral histories

Language:

French

Extent:

2:33:53

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