Outside Reading #5

Now that Begg has been in Guantanamo for some time, escaping seems more of a dream or fantasy than a reality. He has developed a routine in Guantanamo, but he still wants to get out. Even though he has a routine there are things like the occasionally beatings, interrogations and tribunals. The tribunals are something new. The Bush administration chose Begg and five other men in Guantánamo to face military tribunals. He declined to participate and was told that the tribunal would continue without him. It may seem stupid for Begg to refuse because there might be a way out if he does it. But at this point Begg has realized that there really isn't anyway to see freedom and the tribunals would help them more than him. All the Moazzam can do now is wait and pray for them to realize their mistake and release him. There is really nothing more to say about this section of the book, he is still imprisoned and the U.S. is not believing him when he says that he is innocent.