Freed Guantanamo prisoner demands $10.4 million from U.S. government

[Nambe]

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 9 — A Pakistani man who was released after 10 months at the U.S. detention center on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is demanding $10.4 million for suffering he claims he endured at the hands of his American guards.

Mohammed Sanghir said he was caged in a tiny cell, kept in solitary confinement for days, and unwillingly given alcohol-laced drinks during his 10 months at the prison. He was freed last November, the first Pakistani released from the prison that now holds about 600 inmates.

''They said, 'You are innocent,''' Sanghir told The AP at the time at his home in northwest Pakistan. ''They didn't say sorry. They just said, 'You can go home.'''

Sanghir's legal notice, served by Pakistan lawyer Mohammed Ikram Chaudhry in Rawalpindi to the U.S. Embassy, was seen Wednesday by The Associated Press.

It claims that Sanghir ''suffered mental shock, financial loss, physical victimization, estrangement and religious victimization'' while in American custody at Guantanamo.

He wants $10 million for mental agony and another $400,000 for debts incurred by his family while he was in jail and damage to his sawmill business, it said.

The notice demands a reply within four weeks. If he doesn't get any compensation, Chaudhry said a lawsuit would be filed in either a U.S. or Pakistani court or both. ---

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[LauraK]

1. And on the same page too.

[LauraK]

2. Not like Don, think he's bin drinkin?

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[Nambe]

4. No biggy. I think this has been posted four times and few replies.

The chances of those poor guys getting any justice is nil. I can't imagine the suffering they have endured. I met the Portland man being held without charges. He's just a very religious young man that won't deny his faith to set himself free. Very SAD.