Prisoners want to go home, says Imam

Published January 30, 2002

GUANTANAMO BAY, Jan 29: The 158 prisoners captured in Afghanistan and being held at Camp “X-Ray” here, are uneasy about their future and want to “go home,” an imam said on Monday.

“Their biggest fear is not knowing what’s going to happen to them. They want to go home,” said Abuhena Mohammad Saiful-Islam, an imam with the US Navy.

The detainees are also worried about the political situation in south Asia, he said.

“Some of them have asked whether India and Pakistan are going to war. They were reassured to learn that they did not because they are worried about their families.”—AFP

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