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http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,13743,1163435,00.html

Cuba? It was great, say boys freed from US prison camp

James Astill meets teenagers released from Guantanamo Bay who recall the 
place fondly

Saturday March 6, 2004
The Guardian

Asadullah strives to make his point, switching to English lest there be any 
mistaking him. "I am lucky I went there, and now I miss it. Cuba was great," 
said the 14-year-old, knotting his brow in the effort to make sure he is 
understood.

Not that Asadullah saw much of the Caribbean island. During his 14-month 
stay, he went to the beach only a couple of times - a shame, as he loved to 
snorkel. And though he learned a few words of Spanish, Asadullah had zero 
contact with the locals.

He spent a typical day watching movies, going to class and playing football. 
He was fascinated to learn about the solar system, and now enjoys reciting 
the names of the planets, starting with Earth. Less diverting were the 
twice-monthly interrogations about his knowledge of al-Qaida and the 
Taliban. But, as Asadullah's answer was always the same - "I don't know 
anything about these people" - these sessions were merely a bore: an 
inevitably tedious consequence, Asadullah suggests with a shrug, of being 
held captive in Guantanamo Bay.

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