Australian David Hicks, a Muslim convert, was picked up at a taxi stand in Afghanistan by US allies, the Northern Alliance, in late 2001. He was sold to US forces for about $1,500. Hicks was the second person processed into Guantanamo on January 11, 2002, the day the facility opened.
He was released in 2007. Hicks has written a book titled "Guantanamo: My Journey." This book is not available in the US however it appears that a Kindle version is available from Amazon. It is also interesting to note the reviews and review ratings shown on Amazon's website. Here is a portion of one review which rated the Kindle edition at 4 stars out of maximum possible of 5. The reviewer is rabbitt49.
Unlike other reviewers I have read the book! If you can believe David Hicks (and I would believe him before I believe the lies of goverments and military, both Australian and American) then the entire Guantanamo experience should be brought forth as the war crime that it was. He was sold out for a few hundred dollars to the invading U.S. forces. They then turned him into an 'american killing rambo' in the media and threw him in the cage at Guantanamo base with a few hundred other people, many under the same circumstances.
Three other raters gave it a 1 star rating. One of those who gave it one star wrote: "Warped and dreamy one sided account counter to truth and reality."
There is one 5 star rating in which the rater remarks that it is a "...thought provoking book that shows the depths America and its allies have sunk to in the name of the so called war on terror."
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