Save them from the wrath of the "Decider".
Three years on, Guantánamo detainee, 78, goes home.
Hero's welcome for ex-Mujahideen commander with failing eyesight and a walking frame.
Via http://www.guardian.co.uk/... [The Guardian]
It's hard to picture Haji Nasrat Khan as an international terrorist. For a start, the grey-bearded Afghan can barely walk, shuffling along on a three-wheeled walking frame. His sight is terrible - he squints through milky eyes that sometimes roll towards the heavens - while his helpers have to shout to make themselves heard. And as for his age - nobody knows for sure, not even Nasrat himself. "I think I am 78, or maybe 79," he ventures uncertainly, pausing over a cup of green tea.
I guess you either get them young or you get them before they die and the take their evil secrets to their death....
It gets better.
He is not Guantánamo's oldest detainee ever - that distinction fell to another Afghan, Faiz Muhammad, who was dubbed "Al Qaida Clause" by his captors and claimed to be 105 when released in 2002.
and better
Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, his son Abdul Wahid was fully embracing America's democratic vision. Last October the 27-year-old was elected to Kabul's provincial council. He went to the Americans. "I told them several times my father was innocent," he said.
I suggest you read the article. The story speaks for itself and there ain't much I can add that you don't already know or feel.