Saabir Posted March 26, 2009 Army specialist Terry Holdbrooks had been a guard at Guantánamo for about six months the night he had his life-altering conversation with detainee 590, a Moroccan also known as "the General." This was early 2004, about halfway through Holdbrooks's stint at Guantánamo with the 463rd Military Police Company. Until then, he'd spent most of his day shifts just doing his duty. He'd escort prisoners to interrogations or walk up and down the cellblock making sure they weren't passing notes. But the midnight shifts were slow. "The only thing you really had to do was mop the center floor," he says. So Holdbrooks began spending part of the night sitting cross-legged on the ground, talking to detainees through the metal mesh of their cell doors. He developed a strong relationship with the General, whose real name is http://www.newsweek. com/id/190357?GT1=43 002 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashkiro Posted March 26, 2009 I read this earlier today, Masha-Allah! Very wonderful very happy for him. May Allah SWT keep us all on the straight path, Islam is truely the greatest blessing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N.O.R.F Posted March 28, 2009 A good read. This is all due to Muslims practicing Islam openly even in the harshest of circumstances. This is what those who are lost and seeking guidance are inspired by,,,,,,,,,,, New Muslims are born everyday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
