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************** DO NOT USE THIS HASHTAG UNTIL SATURDAY MAY 18  ************** 
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#GTMO18 for #ShakerAamer Twitterstorm Package!
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 Objective:
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Raise Awareness on social media about the 11-years of US and UK injustices, including torture, against Shaker Aamer, the last Londoner in Guantanamo.  Over 117,000 people signed a petition for the British government to debate what action they are taking to secure the release of Shaker Aamer. The time is now: Free Shaker!
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Date & Times: 
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Saturday May 18, 2013
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Countdown clock: http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20130518T12&p0=179&msg=OPERATION+GUANTANAMO.+USE+TAG+%23GTMO17
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INSTRUCTIONS:
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* Copy + Paste these tweets. Do not retweet, the hashtag will not trend.
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* If you are writing your own tweets, make sure to include the hashtag!
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* Overall tweet once a minute, though in the first 15/20 minutes, please do a few tweets every minute to help it trend.
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* Tweet every 3-5 minutes- avoid tweeting more to avoid suspension of your account.
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* If you are reading this tweetstorm package early and would like to read up on your own (helps if designing own tweets), see the following for Background on Shaker Aamer. 
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www.saveshaker.org
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http://www.reprieve.org.uk/cases/shakeraamer/
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http://action.amnesty.org.uk/ea-campaign/action.retrievestaticpage.do?ea_static_page_id=2339
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* For general Guantanamo Tweets to use, see the last Tweet Set 
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********************************************* #ShakerAamer - Tweet Set *******************************************
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MI6 present at brutal assault and Bagram interrogation of #ShakerAamer #GTMO18
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"They won’t let #ShakerAamer go because he knows too much and if he spoke out it would just be too embarrassing – for US & UK" #GTMO18
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DID YOU KNOW #ShakerAamer is amongst 30 prisoners being force-fed? #GTMO18 facebook.com/SaveShaker
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“I am dying here every day, mentally and physically. We have been ignored, locked up in the middle of the ocean for many years.”  #GTMO18
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Are the US & UK scared of #ShakerAamer speaking about torture & complicity if released? #GTMO18  www.facebook.com/SaveShaker 
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#ShakerAamer was a witness to the torture of Ibn Shaikh al-Libi in Bagram." #GTMO18
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#ShakerAamer "witnessing of it particularly relevant to my ongoing detention. Libi was there being abused when British came there." #GTMO18
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#ShakerAamer “Send a team from UN. If u aren't scared of what they will see, get someone to come in. Or ur closest ally – England." #GTMO18
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#ShakerAamer “You need to hand over the 86 people who have been cleared." #GTMO18 www.facebook.com/SaveShaker 
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#ShakerAamer “Send all of us 2 the Hague 4 trial.‘239 agrees 2 go 2 the ICC’. They will laugh 'cause they know I'm not a criminal.” #GTMO18
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#ShakerAamer “"I'm not taking more water/medication if they FCE me each time. I would rather die one time, than die fifty times.” #GTMO18
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#ShakerAamer “One detainee has lost 55 lbs, more than 25 percent of his weight, and they told him that he is now looking good.” #GTMO18
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#ShakerAamer “I could not put the prayer schedule on the wall because it was so damp. It is systematic torture.”  #GTMO18 
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Join 100 Days of Hunger Strike Protest Sat 18 May 2013, 2-4pm #GTMO18 #ShakerAamer http://londonguantanamocampaign.blogspot.com/2013/05/100-days-of-guantanamo-hunger-strike.html 
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#ShakerAamer "I don’t want to be paralyzed. I want to carry my kids when I get home; I don’t want my kids to have to wash me" #GTMO18 
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#ShakerAamer "I have bruises on my legs, knee, my arms where they carry me”  #GTMO18 What action r u taking @David_Cameron 
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"I know something is going to happen to me, it’s scary. It's like a car race going 180 miles an hour, with a wall in front of you" #GTMO18 
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“I can’t read. I'm dizzy I fall down all the time. I don't call them, as it is humiliating." #GTMO18 #ShakerAamer facebook.com/SaveShaker
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#ShakerAamer “They step on ur fingers, ur hands, scratch u, even then you are living in fear when they say they are treating you." #GTMO18
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#ShakerAamer “I haven't showered for more than 9 days. They say they're busy. I'll have to do it from the toilet”  #GTMO18
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#ShakerAamer had almost no water for 24 hours as they would not bring water. “For 3 days now if I say I want more water they FCE me" #GTMO18
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#ShakerAamer "They had taken everything even my kids’ drawings. They ripped them off the wall. They took all my medical stuff" #GTMO18
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#ShakerAamer "I might die this time, I cannot give you numbers and names, but people are dying here" #GTMO18 Act now before it's too late
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#ShakerAamer "They are killing us, so it is hard to keep calm. It is hard to understand what they are doing or why.”#GTMO18 
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"UK may have a strong interest in maintaining what amounts to a cover-up either by keeping #ShakerAamer at #GTMO18 or sending him to Saudi"
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“No matter how much I show you I am tough, in reality I am dying inside. If you want us to die, leave us alone" #ShakerAamer #GTMO18
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"But they do not want us to die, and they do not want us to live like a human being. What is worse than that?” #ShakerAamer #GTMO18
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How long is 11 yrs of a man's life if those 11 yrs are spent behind the wire fences and security towers of #GTMO18? #ShakerAamer
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Free #ShakerAamer Ask Prime Minister David Cameron, 10 Downing Street, London, SW1A 2AG @David_Cameron what he's doing #GTMO18
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Who is #ShakerAamer? Read up on him here: http://www.reprieve.org.uk/cases/shakeraamer  #GTMO18 
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#ShakerAamer: Who am I? Do you know me? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJ5FTYS4xM  #GTMO18 
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Follow  #ShakerAamer at www.facebook.com/SaveShaker  #GTMO18
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Watch 11 Years in #GTMO18 on #ShakerAamer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG-zbqdjqdc 
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@CarolineLucas urges YOU to act for #ShakerAamer  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhcUY187ErE  LIKE us at facebook.com/SaveShaker #GTMO18
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Listen to Faris - son of #ShakerAamer - plea for his father's release http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9n2yTxYSpU #GTMO18 facebook.com/SaveShaker
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"I want to hug my children & watch them as they grow. If it is God's will that I die here, I want to die with dignity" #GTMO18 #ShakerAamer
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"I hope I do not die in this awful place." Help to free #ShakerAamer at www.facebook.com/saveshaker #GTMO18
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“As of today, I've spent more than 11 years in #Guantánamo. To be precise, it's been 4,084 long days and nights" #GTMO18 #ShakerAamer 
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Cleared for release by President Bush in 2007 & then Obama in 2009. Help free an innocent man at www.saveshaker.org #GTMO18
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#ShakerAamer “In the night ppl are dying from cold. In the day they are dying from the heat. Ppl cry from the heat & the humidity" #GTMO18 
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#ShakerAamer: “In 11 days, I have lost more weight than before and I am around 150 lbs.” #GTMO18 
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“I ask for water, you bring me FCE. I ask you for food, you bring me FCE. I ask you for medication, you bring me FCE”#GTMO18 #ShakerAamer 
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It’s high time that #ShakerAamer was returned home to his family in London. Plz subscribe @ www.saveshaker.org/subscribe  #GTMO18
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"They tied me on the board and they threw me in a cell because the medical people were busy" #GTMO18 #ShakerAamer facebook.com/SaveShaker
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#ShakerAamer can't get medical attention without being beaten up. Want to help free him? #GTMO18 facebook.com/SaveShaker
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#ShakerAamer can't get medical attention without being beaten up. Want to help free him? #GTMO18 www.saveshaker.org 
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#ShakerAamer: If demanding a fair trial makes me a terrorist, then we are all terrorists now" #GTMO18 facebook.com/SaveShaker
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Pentagon claim UK in "no rush" to get #ShakerAamer out #GTMO18 @WilliamJHague @David_Cameron @AlistairBurtFCO  
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facebook.com/SaveShaker
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UK and US, the entire world is still watching www.saveshaker.org/subscribe #GTMO18 #ShakerAamer @David_Cameron @WilliamJHague @AlistairBurtFCO 
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UK and US, the entire world is still watching facebook.com/SaveShaker #GTMO18 #ShakerAamer @David_Cameron @WilliamJHague @AlistairBurtFCO 
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"We need to be 'in a rush to get him' as #ShakerAamer is being horribly abused " #GTMO18 @David_Cameron @WilliamJHague @AlistairBurtFCO 
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"We need to be 'in a rush to get him' #ShakerAamer is being horribly abused " #GTMO18 @David_Cameron @WilliamJHague facebook.com/SaveShaker
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"#ShakerAamer never committed a crime in the first place, all he wants is to be returned to his wife and children." #GTMO18 @BarackObama 
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"24/7 I have the ache of hunger." #GTMO18 #ShakerAamer www.saveshaker.org/subscribe facebook.com/SaveShaker
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"I care for the rights of those suffering around me almost as much as I care for my children." #GTMO18 #ShakerAamer facebook.com/SaveShaker
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11 years of detention and torture. No Charge. No trial. Never met his son. #ShakerAamer #GTMO18 http://saveshaker.org/take-action
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Are the US and UK scared of #ShakerAamer speaking about torture & complicity if released? #GTMO18 @David_Cameron @WilliamJHague
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"They FCE’d me almost every day for a year." #ShakerAamer #GTMO18 Follow @SaveShaker facebook.com/SaveShaker
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"Ppl have been sending messages home, thinking they might be their last messages in this life." #ShakerAamer #GTMO18 facebook.com/SaveShaker
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"Yes, they can break our bodies; but I think maybe, just maybe, we’ve finally learned they cannot break our spirit." #ShakerAamer #GTMO18 
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Actions this weekend for #ShakerAamer  17-19 May http://saveshaker.org/calendar #GTMO18
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DID YOU KNOW #ShakerAamer youngest son was born the day he arrived in #GTMO18. Never met him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9n2yTxYSpU 
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DID YOU KNOW #ShakerAamer was witness to #GTMO18 homicides. Silence the Witness. No release. facebook.com/SaveShaker
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**************** GENERAL GUANTANAMO TWEETS*********************************
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"Commissions are a joke. If u lose u go to prison for life. If u win, you're held indefinately (sic) for life."#GTMO18 M. Rahim al-Afghani
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CALL US SOUTHERN COMMAND (305 437-1213) demand that General Kelly work to humanely end the strike, address prisoners’ concerns. #GTMO18
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"The only option they have left, to say, 'We're still here, still ur problem. Are u just gonna let us rot here til the end of time?' #GTMO18
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SIGN AND DONATE TO PUBLISH THIS AD IN THE NYT - http://org.salsalabs.com/o/1170/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=13340 #GTMO18
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"U don't get farther than ur throat, before tears start streaming down ur face. He'd never felt so much pain like that in his life" #GTMO18
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"Both of my parents have died during the time that I have been in in #GTMO18. They were waiting 4 me to come home & now they are gone"
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"I'm afraid my entire family will be dead before I'm released from this prison. I've no reason to believe I'll ever leave #GTMO18 alive"
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Are you fasting in solidarity? http://codepink.salsalabs.com/o/424/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=7140 #GTMO18
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Al Kandari's father: "I wish that my son would bury me, I don't want to bury my son" pic.twitter.com/pqY6QNEAwr #GTMO18
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The average detainee at Guantánamo has been held there for over nine years. #GTMO18 
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"It’s about stripping ppl of dignity. Humiliating them.Torturing them. Because these tubes that they put into the nose are too big” #GTMO18 
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“Can u imagine what this is like for a mother? To imagine my son in such a loveless place, refusing nourishment to protest" #GTMO18
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“To think of my son painfully forcefed, breaks my heart every second of every day.Don’t they realize we're human beings,not stones?”#GTMO18 
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"Ensure's not designed 2b a longterm sole source of nutrition. Longterm consequences of getting all ur meals thru liquid supplement."#GTMO18
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“Every competent patient has right to refuse medical intervention, incl life-sustaining interventions” AMA President Jeremy Lazarus #GTMO18
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“something fundamentally wrong where not being charged keeps u locked away indefinitely + a war crime conviction is ur ticket home” #GTMO18 
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Help us reach 300,000 - SIGN the petition to close Guantánamo http://www.change.org/CloseGITMO #GTMO18 facebook.com/SaveShaker
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Over 40 current detainees arrived at #GTMO18 b4 turning 20. They're now approaching 30. At least 16 of them cleared for release 3 yrs ago
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Write your congressperson https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml and write your U.S. Senator http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?OrderBy=state&Sort=ASC to close #GTMO18 
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Of 86 detainees now cleared 4 release, 40 once accused of being enemy fighter/attending training camp 26 of engaging in hostilities #GTMO18
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“I have weighed myself today, and so far I have lost 42 lbs” Djamel Ameziane cleared for release yrs ago. #GTMO18
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White House has a switchboard setup to take your call (202)-456-1111 Call & demand Guantanamo be closed #GTMO18 #ShakerAamer
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TWEET: President @BarackObama @WhiteHouse keep your promise to #CloseGitmo. Start transfers today #GTMO18
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"Their last hunger strike 4 most detainees.They'll never eat regular meals there again.They’ll hav 2b force fed, else they'll die." #GTMO18
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CONTACT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Chuck Hagel (703) 571-3343 https://kb.defense.gov/app/ask) Transfer the men now. #GTMO18
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************************************ TWEETS FROM OpGTMO******************************************
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Last November the Senate voted 54 to 41 to prohibit the Department of Defense from transferring the detainees. #GTMO18
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President Obama talked at a news conference last week about closing "Gitmo." Didn't he say something about that a few years ago? #GTMO18
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The President of the US is siding with the prisoners starving themselves to protest his gov
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Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2013/05/01/president-obama-sides-with-his-guantanamo-bay-protesters/#ixzz2Sf63efVS
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People at Guantanamo (Like 2 tweets for each detainee? Who they are etc, from Andy Worthington's blog and Wikileaks)
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Adnan Farhan Abd Al Latif (12/27/75- 09/08/12)
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Alledged suicide. Held for 10 years, 7 months & 25 days. Recommended release in 08
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Ali Abdullah Ahmed (01/12/70-06/10/06)
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death announced by the DOD as a suicide, same day that the deaths of 2 others. Held since 02. #GTMO18
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Abdul Rahman Ma'ath Thafir al Amri (4-17-73-5/30/07)
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DOD docs released in 07 reveal al Amri had warned authorities in 02 that conditions were driving captives to the brink of suicide. #GTMO18
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Awal Gul (07/01/62-02/02/11) died in Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba after nine years of imprisonment without charge. #GTMO18
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Inayatullah, born Hajji Nassim (1974-2011)
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Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Al Hanashi (1978-2009)
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Yasser Talal al Zahrani (84-06)
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(2/2) and he suspected foul play. 10 days later, the DOD announced that he and the two prisoners had committed suicide.
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Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been imprisoned for nearly 11 years, the US has never charged him with a crime. #GTMO18 pic.twitter.com/en49Y66wcd