Terrorist Penpals

In a four-page piece titled “Solidarity with Guantnamo Detainees,” Amnesty asks people to “support the detainees” and implores them to “act now” in their defense. The pamphlet references nine current and former detainees, highlighting their words from “poems and letters,” and asking people to write them in order to boost their morale: “Please write to any or all of the following Guantnamo detainees, expressing in your own words your solidarity with them.”

What are the detainees’ alleged ties to terrorism? What is the evidence that has been collected against them? Amnesty International does not say. If the organization did, chances are people would not have much of an incentive to write them, or support Amnesty’s campaign.

Among the penpals you can contact are:

Omar Khadr
Sami al Hajj
Jumah al-Dossari
Binyam Mohamed
Abdel Malik Abdel Wahab
Fawzi Khaled Abdullah Fadah al-Odah
Omar Hamzayavich Abdulayev
Mustafa Ait Idr
Mohammed al-Amin

Amnesty International omitted their fascinating biographies, so The long War Journal has helpfully provided them. They make for interesting reading, to say the least.