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May 2023
1h 17m

E63: The Story of Kidnap Interrogation T...

Mahmoud Ansari
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Ansari Podcast: Author and Activist Moazzam Begg reveals what happened when he was Kidnapped, tortured, and sent to Guantanamo Bay and Bagram by the CIA and MI6 over false intelligence, Moazzam Begg narrates the heart breaking years he spent kidnapped and falsely imprisoned in the worlds most notorious prisons. He answers tough questions like whether he conspired against the United States, what he saw in Bagram and Guantanamo. How Islam helped him through it all, and many other details. Is he an ISIS Supporter. Only at The Ansari Podcast.

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