While I agree that this very brief article is indeed short on facts there are numerous references to this individual, and indeed transcripts of tribunals and hearing available on numerous news agency websites on the web. It is interesting to read the comments of those who compare the reported treatment to that in local penal systems - systems in which people are aware of why they are detained, allowed counsel and aware of how long they will be detained. Also the comments about collateral damage in an ongoing war do not wash too well when the dead and abused are on your side of the fence, speak your language and look just like you. Whatever the bias of the media around the world, the comments posted here seem to indicate that there are those who believe absolutely in might makes right.

I also want Guantanomo closed, but this sounds like bull#### to me. Is this the quality of French journalism? What about background? or fact checking against other sources? I hold European journalists and intellectuals responsible for some (of course, not all) of the anti-Americanism prevalent in the world today. This pattern of obfuscation and outright slander is not aiding the cause of human rights.

Mustapha Aït Idir appears to have responded using generic responses to your questions,i believe.
I understand his treatment may be considered valid as it pertains to his opinions expressed,although some of his wording appears more fabricated than perceived true.
Why was he chosen to be taken from Bosnia?
In seven years of confinement am pretty sure this man would known more about why he was chosen than he discusses.
isoluation for a year proved of what value to those whom held you? something about the responses do not feel correct, i am not judging too much of his honesty, just feel this man has more to tell than he has mentioned?

Despicable, we in the US should be ashamed that we let this happen, Bush is a slymeball dog!

Collateral Damage - unfortunately for this man, he got caught up on on the wrong side of the fence... As much as it is sad, it is inevitable during the mess of war... No one know what brought about suspicions and arrest... it is just too easy to judge after the fact. Hind sight is always 20:20 you know.

God forgive America. I am ashamed of my government and particularly the Bush administration. Not only did they commit atrocities like this in the name "democracy"they've fostered an economic policy that allowed the subprime mortgage fiasco to flourish. Though I know it will never happen, I believe George Bush and Dick Cheney should be tried for war crimes. Please let the world know that most Americans are not like those horrible leaders.

Guantanamo Bay is the most repressive symbol of intolerance and paranoid hatred since Hitler's concentration camps and Stalin's death camps. A country that purports to be still the hope of the free world has Guantanamo Bay (which the breezy American press coined,cutely, Gitmo). This is what America is saying with Guantanamo Bay: any enemy of the U.S. -for whatever reason,even unknown to the person, can be thrown in isolation, without charge or a proper trial indefinitely. You can be tortured, abused because of your religion. Sounds scary and the height of injustice. That's the reason the place is condoned by the American government. What a powerful symbol. It is a disgrace to be an American now. It's even worse that the media is all patriotic and full of talk of freedom and opportunity. The people are brain-washed by this cynical, nasty media. It's deadening.