I feel grateful and indebted to the people who have stood by me. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
And when 9/11 came, that was open season to violate human rights. And that's how I was kidnapped. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Human Copy Share Image
But when you embrace your weakness, that's when you become strong. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
Many people take daylight for granted, but if you are forbidden to see it, you will appreciate it. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
People with hatred have always something to get off their chests, but I wasn't ready to be that drain. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
If you don't know somebody, you just don't know him, and there is no changing it. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
I don't have a problem with black people - half my country is black people! — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
There is nothing an interrogator could say to me that would be new; I've heard every variation. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
How can I render uninterrupted interrogation that has been lasting the last 7 years? That's like asking Charlie Sheen how many women… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm stupid, I don't know. I went to the police and said, 'Why do you want me?' They said, 'Please don't… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
I trusted the American justice system too much, and shared that trust with people from European countries. We all have an idea… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
There is no war between Muslims and Americans. There is no war between Americans and the poor people in the world. There… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Islam Copy Share Image
I'm sure if there is a debate, Guantanamo Bay must be closed. And it should be closed, because it does not belong… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
My goal was solely to fight against the aggressors, mainly the communists, who forbid my brethren to practice their religion. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Fight Copy Share Image
No matter how bad you make the torture scenes, the reality was much worse. Because you cannot put on screen 70 days… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
Detainees were not allowed to talk to each other, but we enjoyed looking at each other. The punishment for talking was hanging… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Detainees Copy Share Image
I told the people before they tortured me, please, don't torture me. I didn't do anything. They say, we have to torture… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
Everything a detainee says is classified. Detainees cannot talk to you. They cannot talk to anyone. They cannot challenge, in a meaningful… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Detainees Copy Share Image
When the guards noticed my chessboard, they all wanted to play me. And when they started to play me, they always won.… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
When people look at one thing from one perspective, they certainly fail to get the whole picture, and that is the main… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
In the beginning, the U.S. government was happy with its secret operations, since it thought it had managed to gather all the… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Government Copy Share Image
When I came to Afghanistan, I couldn't choose the training camp; al Qaeda and the Arabs ran the camps. I said, 'Hey,… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Afghanistan Copy Share Image
But the problem is that you cannot just admit to something you haven't done; you need to deliver the details, which you… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
I often compared myself with a slave. Slaves were taken forcibly from Africa, and so was I. Slaves were sold a couple… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
I'm afraid to apply for a visa to the U.S.A. because it's against terrorism in a very undemocratic way. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
I have come to learn that goodness is transnational, transcultural, and trans-ethnic. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
I have only written what I experienced, what I saw, what I learned first-hand. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
I'm threatened because of the amount of information I've provided to the United States. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
Man, just give me a couple of million dollars and let me go on my own, and I will be just fine. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
English accepts more curses than any other language, and I soon learned to curse with the commoners. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Curse Copy Share Image
I believed excessively in Conspiracy Theories - though maybe not as much as the U.S. government does. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
I believe the U.S. government owes it to the American people to tell them the truth about what is happening in Guantanamo. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
Everyone who tortured me and kidnapped me, who imprisoned me, I have forgiven everyone. And I wish them, from the bottom of… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
Many nights I wake up not able to breathe. I think I'm in Guantanamo Bay. I'm crying and shouting and making it… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
