"In a video reportedly from 2006, a young Iraqi child was captured asking a U.S. soldier why America killed his dad. The soldier being questioned responds that it wasn't him who killed the young boy's father. When the child continues his line of questioning, the soldier turns the question around, asking him "do you hate Americans?" and "do you want to shoot me?""
"Iraqis were subjected to the most egregious torture at the hands of Americans. Commenting on how his experience at the prison impacted him, Talib al-Majli - an Iraqi man who was incarcerated there for 16 months and never charged with anything - stated that "To this day I feel humiliation for what was done to me ... The time I spent in Abu Ghraib - it ended my life. I'm only half a human now.""
U.S. military and security operations have caused profound harm to Muslim individuals and communities across multiple countries. Children asked soldiers why America killed their relatives, and graffiti in Yemen recorded a child's question about drone killings. Men held at Guantánamo Bay endured long-term detention without charge and were relocated to countries where they had no ties, expressing that their youth was destroyed and they were discarded. Detainees at Abu Ghraib experienced severe torture and lasting humiliation, with survivors describing devastated lives and diminished humanity. These accounts exemplify how national security measures rendered Muslim lives disposable in pursuit of counterterrorism goals.
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