- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: Free Press; First Edition, First Printing edition (27 Feb 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743285670
- ISBN-13: 978-0743285674
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 550,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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TONY BENN
'A brilliant, terrifying and deeply moving account . . . A warning of the dangers inherent in using religion to justify war'
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'If this was a thriller, people would say it was unlikely. Unhappily, it's true'
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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I saw Moazzam Begg speak at the Edinburgh Book Festival in August 2006 -- he came across as modest, intelligent, calm and unembittered by his atrocious experiences at the hands of stupid governments. Many of the questions he was asked (by people who hadn't read his account) had more than a hint of skepticism about them and were a little insulting, but he always refused to rise to the bait, instead using his formidable knowledge of western and eastern culture to gently prove to his audience that he was not a terrorist and that his years of hell in custody were a farcical and dangerous overreaction of paranoid states. If you read this book, you will understand that the vast majority of people that have been picked up in the counterproductive "War On Terror" are innocent, and you will scratch your head in disbelief at the unnecessary brutality that is routinely inflicted on them in your name. As this book makes plain, the US and UK response to the horrific terrorism of 9/11 and since is so tragically misguided. These governments are doing EXACTLY what the terrorists want them to do, and recruiting enemies in the process. It is calm, informed, thoughtful books like this one that will heal the divide -- not another US fantasy of "spreading democracy" by force if necessary in the middle east (but not in China, Burma, North Korea and so on...)
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A fantastic read. Well-written and gripping. Moazzem Begg is articulate and at times amusing as he writes about his account of his horrific capture, his time in solitary confinement and subsequent release.
The book gives insight into a Muslim man who is British and more educated and cultured than many of his captors.
It is interesting and yet worrying as it reveals the stark realities of Guantanamo Bay and the real victims of the War on Terror.
Highly highly recommended for anyone who wants to read a stimulating and meaty story..the bonus this one has is that it really happened.
The book gives insight into a Muslim man who is British and more educated and cultured than many of his captors.
It is interesting and yet worrying as it reveals the stark realities of Guantanamo Bay and the real victims of the War on Terror.
Highly highly recommended for anyone who wants to read a stimulating and meaty story..the bonus this one has is that it really happened.
29 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I remember quite well trying to encourage my fellow suffer of Concentration Camp Echo - once released from their in October 2004CE and residing in Concentration Camp Delta, Papa block - that he should write down his experiences: the pressure was coming both from myself and Clive Stafford Smith yet Moazzam only answered, "I need my laptop - this is not the atmosphere for writing". We had mused on the name. He thought 'Chimes of the Razor Wire', 'Enemy Combatant' seemed simpler and more profound to me. I am happy he conceded to it. Atleast I was right in that respect!
Moazzam had more faith in being released than I. I had embraced the idea that I would never see freedom and with a stiff upper-lip, derived from discovering my Britishness in defiance of the establishment, I sought to bloody their noses with the 'Document of Abuse' that I was hunched over relentlessly, to the exclusion of others, writing. Indeed history has proved the faith of Moazzam right and my scepticism wrong: as we were indeed released and he did get his laptop (I saw it with my own eyes). This book is a testimony to Moazzam's hope, faith in people, its struggle and eventual triumph. It is good to see: All praise is due to Allah the Lord of the Worlds.
Feroz Ali Abbasi,
Moazzam had more faith in being released than I. I had embraced the idea that I would never see freedom and with a stiff upper-lip, derived from discovering my Britishness in defiance of the establishment, I sought to bloody their noses with the 'Document of Abuse' that I was hunched over relentlessly, to the exclusion of others, writing. Indeed history has proved the faith of Moazzam right and my scepticism wrong: as we were indeed released and he did get his laptop (I saw it with my own eyes). This book is a testimony to Moazzam's hope, faith in people, its struggle and eventual triumph. It is good to see: All praise is due to Allah the Lord of the Worlds.
Feroz Ali Abbasi,
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read this and was so touched. its moving and really opens you up
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to reality..im now passing it down for others to read and so far
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An important first-hand account
This is an important book and by the end of it I felt ashamed that Britain had played a part in the injustice it relates. Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2007 by Mcduff
If there is one book you read this year, let this be the one.
Well written, powerful true story. Could not put it down until I finished it in 3 days. Moazzam Begg's books is intense, funny at times and thought provoking. Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2007 by Sam Tighe
Well written, trust worthy account of guantanamo bay
This is a very well written account of the live of Moazzam Begg which draws on his experience of Guantanamo bay as its main topic, but also delves into his early life. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2006 by Mr. Gavin E. Burton
If you only read one book this year - make it this one!
Once I purchased Enemy Combatant, I couldn't put it down. Few books can claim to be written in a tone that alternates humour, seriousness, humility, self-reflection, moments of... Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2006 by Umm Uthmaan
OK, but a rather arrogant account.
This book is a good read and very well written, providing you don't take everything that Mr Begg says as being the absolute truth. Read more
Published on 5 July 2006 by timmyuk
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