Al-Rawi Speaks

Cageprisoners.com has posted this piece (originally from the BBC) on recently released Bisher al-Rawi.

The article quotes al-Rawi who is heartbroken over those left behind in the U.S. prison camp:

As happy as I am to be home though, leaving my best friend Jamil al-Banna behind in Guantanamo Bay makes my freedom bittersweet ... Jamil was arrested with me in the Gambia on exactly the same unfounded allegations, yet he is still a prisoner ... I also feel great sorrow for the other nine British residents who remain prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. The extreme isolation they are going through is one of the most profoundly difficult things to endure. I know that all too well.

Bisher al-Rawi Back with Family

After being held for four and a half years in GTMO, Bisher al-Rawi has finally been released and is back in the UK. The U.S. has dropped all allegations against him.

Al-Rawi's family is expecting a so sorry Hallmark card from President Bush any day now.

- Adrian Bleifuss Prados