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FBI Memo re: Interview of Detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay

Mar. 28, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3438
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee advised the interviewing agent that he was in good medical health and had been treated well. He stated that the treatment of the Koran continued to be the reason for his unwillingness to cooperate. When asked how the mistreatment of the Koran had taken place, the detainee stated that the issue continued to be based on what the detainees perceived as the use of the Koran as a weapon. It was taken from them and returned at will, with little consideration for the value which they placed in the book. The detainee was then asked if he had ever seen mistreated or intentionally mishandled. He stated that he had not seen the Koran mistreated or intentionally mishandled. The detainee subsequently admitted that the treatment of the Koran had improved in his cell block. According to the detainee being interviewed, all of the detainees in his cell block were now able to choose if they wanted to keep a Koran or not. They were also offered relative freedom in practicing their religion and praying. This had been a good change, he admitted and was the reason he was talking during the interview.
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