A friendship in Guantánamo Bay with Mohamedou Ould Slahi and Steve Wood | Highlights
When George W. Bush announced the war on terror, it did not take long for Mohamedou Ould Slahi to be arrested. His alleged ties to a terrorist organization were enough reason to arrest and torture him without conviction. After this, Mohamedou was detained in Guantánamo Bay for 14 years, where he became friends with his personal guard: Steve Wood. Even though Mohamedou had reason enough to never trust an American again, and Steve was first convinced that Mohamedou was a terrorist, they started to like each other. What does it mean to be friends when the power imbalance is so absolute? When did Steve begin to believe in Mohamedou’s innocence and trust him?
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"You cannot visit pain on someone without visiting pain on yourself" Words to live by.
MOST POWERFUL WORDS IN THIS INTERVIEW ARE THOSE WORDS!!
Profound. The PTSD that soldiers come back with. The effect on the family and community is immense.
Very true in almost all cases. Most people can’t handle hurting others, unless they’re extremely disagreeable or a psychopath/ sociopath. Those people are out there though. A lot of interrogators with the temperament to do these things and be ok with it after. That’s how they’re hired they find out who cares and who doesn’t
I agree with you, So , To know what is happening Now, Advice : To Read The Quran Chapter ( Surah)85, this story is repeat over time through the ages From Adam Until the last day in the world, What do you understand about Verses 19,20 , Also 21,22, Question 1: What do say about Verses 19,20? Question 2: Why are the The Two - Verses Came 21,22 ? Answer : Verses 21,22 is the Main Goal of the Story, I hope that you all understand what I mean, I hope that all people in the West feel and know the truth about what Muslims have been suffering for a long time, especially Now Thanks my friends,
Absolutely incredible. Both these men are beyond brave!
This is Mohamedou's FOURTH language, which he learned during his detainment under duress. Incredibly impressive and inspiring.
Yeah... in 14 years if you can't learn a simple language like English then you're one hell of a moron.
Mr. Ould Slahi is an amazing man! Truly he is so strong and his laughter is beautifully genuine despite the hell he has endured.
The Americans who tortured Mohamedou Slahi should be brought to justice. They didn’t uphold the constitution, they betrayed it, not to mention a fundamental betrayal of humanity. No human being deserves to be tortured, guilty or not.
I dont believe that the people who tortured mohamedou should be brought to justice that will just fuel the fire i think people should choose a better wise leader for their nations so that he/she (the leader i mean) must take the responsibility and the failure of his nation and not throughout onto other people in search for justice. For examples, look at the history of sultan Salah al-Din it will give you more of what i am trying to say
@ahmadalghunaim2467 then why prosecute the Nazi that did the same thing
How about the once’s ordered the torture?
I think we need to jail Bush and Tony Blair for this crimes. Those are just their lackeys. Nip it in the bud.
To know what is happening Now, Advice : To Read The Quran Chapter ( Surah)85, this story is repeat over time through the ages From Adam Until the last day in the world, What do you understand about Verses 19,20 , Also 21,22, Question 1: What do say about Verses 19,20? Question 2: Why are the The Two - Verses Came 21,22 ? Answer : Verses 21,22 is the Main Goal of the Story, I hope that you all understand what I mean, I hope that all people in the West feel and know the truth about what Muslims have been suffering for a long time, especially Now *I congratulate Steve Wood on his conversion to Islam. He is now clean , as if he was born now. Also, Allah will change his bad deeds before converting to Islam into good deeds. He has become better than me، The Prophet Mohamed said, "Every child is born with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) and his parents convert him to Judaism or Christianity or Magianism, Quran 7:172 Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said: "And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], Am I not your Lord? They said, Yes, we have testified. [This] - lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, Indeed, we were of this unaware." * When we were sperm from our ancestors, started with Adam , Allah is the greatest,
Sending much love to Mohamedou ❤, his wife and daughter. Thank you for you steadfast courage to hang on after being treated so poorly.
You are so brave my fellow citizen Mohamed I salute you after all uou have been through and here you are holding your head so high woww and also Steve who is been an amazing man . Thank you for sharing your story ❤️
Mohamedou is inspiring, his kindness makes me emotional.
حقا محمدو أراه برئ مثل الاطفال أتمني أن يعوضه الله عن ما حدث له ❤❤❤❤
What an excellent interviewer. He let them speaker, did not push his narrative, and had incredibly thoughtful follow ups.
He was indeed very graceful. You feel that he has no hidden agenda with this interview.
I congratulate Steve Wood on his conversion to Islam. He is now clean , as if he was born now. Also, Allah will change his bad deeds before converting to Islam into good deeds. He has become better than me، The Prophet Mohamed said, "Every child is born with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) and his parents convert him to Judaism or Christianity or Magianism, Quran 7:172 Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said: "And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], Am I not your Lord? They said, Yes, we have testified. [This] - lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, Indeed, we were of this unaware." * When we were sperm from our ancestors, we started with Adam Thanks
That's the beauty of bad and hard times where there are many people who will be as cruel as they can there will be light somewhere there support, kindness, and love.
So the question now is how many innocent people are still there
Dr afia siddiqui is the worst case of all
32:30 Exactly, That's the main point! Gotta stand up against all this BS so it stops happening!
What a strong, kind, funny 😊legend Mr Mohamedou 26:48 is!!
Steve is a sweetheart too.
They helped each other. I just watched the movie and cried so hard. This is not acceptable
Mohamedou should have carried on with Steve's point that we should raise voices and should actively work on to stop all of this at once!
Not easy for someone who miraculousely survived american opression.... he just dont wanna deal with them again
Such a Bromans. I love it. Mashallah.
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Steve looks totally traumatised by his role and experiences. Both men caught up in the distortion of other people's beliefs and lies. Absolutely heartbreaking and I wish them both healing and peace in their futures ❤💛✌️
Mohamedou Ould Slahi was a strong personality who greatly influenced the jailers and investigators at Guantánamo, becoming a legend of patience, endurance and tolerance
My brother Muhammad, I hope you publish this comment I will give you on your channel cosmic miracles from. The Qur’an contains numbers that cannot be denied، You can give me any question about cosmic verse in Quran to answer it , What is your country? * To know what is happening Now, Advice : To Read The Quran Chapter ( Surah)85, this story is repeat over time through the ages From Adam Until the last day in the world, What do you understand about Verses 19,20 , Also 21,22, Question 1: What do say about Verses 19,20? Question 2: Why are the The Two - Verses Came 21,22 ? Answer : Verses 21,22 is the Main Goal of the Story, I hope that you all understand what I mean, I hope that all people in the West feel and know the truth about what Muslims have been suffering for a long time, especially Now *I congratulate Steve Wood on his conversion to Islam. He is now clean , as if he was born now. Also, Allah will change his bad deeds before converting to Islam into good deeds. He has become better than me، The Prophet Mohamed said, "Every child is born with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) and his parents convert him to Judaism or Christianity or Magianism, Quran 7:172 Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said: "And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], Am I not your Lord? They said, Yes, we have testified. [This] - lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, Indeed, we were of this unaware." * When we were sperm from our ancestors, we started with Adam Allah is the greatest,
To know what is happening Now, Advice : To Read The Quran Chapter ( Surah)85, this story is repeat over time through the ages From Adam Until the last day in the world, What do you understand about Verses 19,20 , Also 21,22, Question 1: What do say about Verses 19,20? Question 2: Why are the The Two - Verses Came 21,22 ? Answer : Verses 21,22 is the Main Goal of the Story, I hope that you all understand what I mean, I hope that all people in the West feel and know the truth about what Muslims have been suffering for a long time, especially Now My brother Muhammad, I hope you publish this comment I will give you on your channel cosmic miracles from. The Qur’an contains numbers that cannot be denied، What is your country? Thanks,
2]:*Miracle of An Oxygen 🌿in Quran 6:125 ["So whoever Allah wants to guide - He expands his breast to [contain] Islam; and whoever He wants to misguide - He makes his breast tight and constricted(16) as though he were climbing into the sky. Thus does Allah place defilement upon those who do not believe."] *This verse is a cosmic miracle that contains the characteristics of oxygen, { ⬅️فَمَن يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ ۖ وَمَن يُرِدْ أَن يُضِلَّهُ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا(16)➡️ كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِي السَّمَاءِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْعَلُ اللَّهُ الرِّجْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ } [1]1)An Oxygen mass number=16= [constricted word in Arabic =(16)حرجا] [1]2) The symbol for oxygen🌿 is in a letter (O)in English, but in Arabic it is a symbol of an alif (أ) ، The number of repetitions of the letter alif (أ) in the verse = 16 times =Oxygen mass number🌿، (2) The higher a person climbs, the fewer the number of oxygen atoms per unit volume due to rarefaction and spacing of the oxygen atoms، Sentence=➡️his breast tight and constricted as though he were climbing⬅️= صَدْرَهُ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ= صَ دْ رَ هُ ضَ يِّ قً ا حَ رَ جً ا كَ أَ نَّ مَ ا يَ صَّ عَّ دُ=21=21٪ 3) Sentence for unbeliever because less of Oxygen's with height (whoever He wants to misguide - He makes his breast tight and constricted(16) as though he were climbing into the sky) the number of letters = 21 = the percentage volumetric of oxygen in the air =21٪ , *This is proof that the Qur’an is the words of Allah and does not add or subtract a single letter Q, E, D,🌿 That's prove that Qur’an is Allah words, Islam religion is only the truth,Qur’an is only the true, not add or less one letter, Qur’an is balanced, Qur’an 42:17`{It is Allah who has sent down the Book in truth and [also] the balance❤️🌹. And what will make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near."} 4)Explain:As we gradually rise higher in the sky, the air pressure decreases, causing the atoms to move apart, and we breathe less oxyge، * Whoever wants to be guided, Allah will guide him, and whoever wants to go astray, Allah will make him live in a “psychologically complicated” anxiety that tightens his chest and makes it difficult to breathe oxygen (like a suffocator) This is proof that the Qur’an is the words of Allâh and does not add or subtract a single lette 5)*The Qur’an tells us about what will happen and what will be discovered in the future through numbers that cannot be denied. Generations in the future will discover them and immediately believe in Allah, 🙏 *This verse about the miracle of oxygen made many (who are searching for the truth) believe in Allah immediately, Next : Plant photosynthesis🌿, the properties of oxygen, and its atom structure 🌿 in the Qur'an 6:59 🌿1100 years before Joseph Priestley, Qur’an 17:88["Say, If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants] My brother Muhammad if you have any cosmic Verses question in Qur'an or Hadith I will answer it, Allah willing, Thank you, Allah is the greatest 🙏🌿
To know what is happening Now, Advice : To Read The Quran Chapter ( Surah)85, this story is repeat over time through the ages From Adam Until the last day in the world, What do you understand about Verses 19,20 , Also 21,22, Question 1: What do say about Verses 19,20? Question 2: Why are the The Two - Verses Came 21,22 ? Answer : Verses 21,22 is the Main Goal of the Story, I hope that you all understand what I mean, I hope that all people in the West feel and know the truth about what Muslims have been suffering for a long time, especially Now *I congratulate Steve Wood on his conversion to Islam. He is now clean , as if he was born now. Also, Allah will change his bad deeds before converting to Islam into good deeds. He has become better than me، The Prophet Mohamed said, "Every child is born with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) and his parents convert him to Judaism or Christianity or Magianism, Quran 7:172 Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said: "And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], Am I not your Lord? They said, Yes, we have testified. [This] - lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, Indeed, we were of this unaware." * When we were sperm from our ancestors, started with Adam , Allah is the greatest,
2]:*Miracle of An Oxygen 🌿in Quran 6:125 ["So whoever Allah wants to guide - He expands his breast to [contain] Islam; and whoever He wants to misguide - He makes his breast tight and constricted(16) as though he were climbing into the sky. Thus does Allah place defilement upon those who do not believe."] *This verse is a cosmic miracle that contains the characteristics of oxygen, { ⬅️فَمَن يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ ۖ وَمَن يُرِدْ أَن يُضِلَّهُ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا(16)➡️ كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِي السَّمَاءِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْعَلُ اللَّهُ الرِّجْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ } [1]1)An Oxygen mass number=16= [constricted word in Arabic =(16)حرجا] [1]2) The symbol for oxygen🌿 is in a letter (O)in English, but in Arabic it is a symbol of an alif (أ) ، The number of repetitions of the letter alif (أ) in the verse = 16 times =Oxygen mass number🌿، (2) The higher a person climbs, the fewer the number of oxygen atoms per unit volume due to rarefaction and spacing of the oxygen atoms، Sentence=➡️his breast tight and constricted as though he were climbing⬅️= صَدْرَهُ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ= صَ دْ رَ هُ ضَ يِّ قً ا حَ رَ جً ا كَ أَ نَّ مَ ا يَ صَّ عَّ دُ=21=21٪ 3) Sentence for unbeliever because less of Oxygen's with height (whoever He wants to misguide - He makes his breast tight and constricted(16) as though he were climbing into the sky) the number of letters = 21 = the percentage volumetric of oxygen in the air =21٪ , *This is proof that the Qur’an is the words of Allah and does not add or subtract a single letter Q, E, D,🌿 That's prove that Qur’an is Allah words, Islam religion is only the truth,Qur’an is only the true, not add or less one letter, Qur’an is balanced, Qur’an 42:17`{It is Allah who has sent down the Book in truth and [also] the balance❤️🌹. And what will make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near."}
Beautiful peoples ❤
We all love you and your friendship ❤❤❤❤
Beautiful ❤
I wonder if the story would be different if Steve had been given different orders, as opposed to being nice and bringing him up
Nice story 👍😁,
21:46 (Confession) So Steve was doing as he was ordered, he was not being nice bec he is a nice person but he was ordered to act nice as a reward for Mohammadu talking!
But he found his way outta the darkness and found the light! Praise God for that!
i did not know jason statham was once a guard at gitmo.
Allah is aware that there are innocent brothers there being tortured for no reason; Allah is watching and will punish those who harm others.
Two wrongs don’t make a right - Donald Rumsfeld!
Steven can arrested haytam mekkaoui about have crime gaps
He used to be a bad terrorist?
He was arrested because he talked with his brother in law on phone who wanted to send money home in Mauritania. But his brother in law was Osama's right hand man. Mo didn't know any of it, and received the money to hand it over to his brother-in-law's family in Mauritania.
interviewing technique needs work
P!! if you know you know
His favorite song is Bodies by Drowning Pool
In all fairness he got to keep his head unlike what Al queda did to their prisoners.
Not everyone at gnb did. So.. flawed logic
The US have killed millions…if we compare the stats, and I agree Al Qaeda are a terrorist organisation but then so are the US. Both kill human beings indiscriminately. Both evil.
These guys are funny together. Should do a podcast
DAMN MUHAMMAD JUST CAME OUT IN THIS INTERVIEW,!! YOUNG MEN FIGHT OLD MENS WARS AND THE DAMAGE DONE TO THEM IS SICKENING AND PISSES ME OFF TO REALIZE HOW WAR DESTROYS HUMANS WHEN GOD MADE US ALL!!