http://www.inthesetimes.com/archives/tags/guatanamo/ In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. en-us Expression Engine jessica@inthesetimes.com seamus@inthesetimes.com Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:00:01 -0500 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/2864/abandon_hope_all_who_enter_here/ Moazzam Begg is a second-generation British Muslim. In 2002, he was arrested in Pakistan and held for two years by the United States as an "enemy combatant." Below, he describes his arrival and interrogation in Guantanamo after being held at both Kandahar and Bagram. He was released in 2005, and now lives in Birmingham, England, with his family. Today, Begg can lecture only in Britain because, despite the absence of charges against him, his passport was withdrawn as a condition of his release. He hopes to be able to travel and lecture more widely in the future. It is considered a sin in Islam to despair, but in Bagram, during the worst days of May 2002, I had been unable… Terrorism guatanamo criminal justice military David Moberg