Al Jazeera Cameraman Survived Guantanamo

Sami al-Hajj went through an adventure that gave him a great story. He only had to get locked up, shipped halfway across the world and thrown into a concentration camp. Al-Hajj was a freelance cameraman working for Al Jazeera who was rounded up when the United States invaded Afghanistan.

At the time, the U.S. believed that Al Jazerra was the publicity arm of Al-Queda and considered Al Jazeera journalists to be enemy combatants. Al-Hajj was later transferred to Bagram Air Base were he was tortured and later flown to Guantanamo where he witnessed and endured more torture. Al-Hajj's ordeal has left him with permanent physical and emotional scars.

He has returned to work with Al Jazeera and is also working as a human rights activist. One of his projects if building a case against former President George W. Bush and the other officials who sanctioned torture.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/world/middleeast/23jazeera.html?_r=2

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