Two docudramas that address different aspects of 9/11 were included in this
year's Tribeca Film Festival. "United 93" tells the story of the doomed
attempt of passengers to wrest control of one of the three hijacked planes
that day. I didn't have to watch this film in order to surmise that its
goal is just as futile as was the passengers' that day, namely to inspire
support for the universally discredited "war on terror."
Of far more interest was "The Road to Guantánamo," which originally
appeared on Great Britain's Channel 4. It is a stunning artistic and
political achievement. It tells the story of four young British citizens of
Pakistani origin from the village of Tipton near Birmingham who were swept
up in the US-supported Northern Alliance offensive in Afghanistan and
charged with being members of al Qaeda. After spending two years in
Guantánamo, they finally won their freedom and returned to England on March
7, 2004.
In September 2001, Asif Iqbal, who was 19 at the time, traveled to Pakistan
to get married to a woman his mother had found for him. After arriving
there, he invited three friends to join him at the ceremony. The group
included Monir Ali, Shafiq Rasul and Rhuhel Ahmed. For all of them
including the groom, this was as much of a vacation as anything else. Monir
disappeared in Afghanistan and is presumed dead. After their arrest became
a cause célèbre, Asif, Shafiq and Rhuhel became known as the Tipton Three.
hree.
full: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2006/04/27/the-road-to-guantanamo/
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