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Mohamedou Salahi and Steve Wood in Mauritania

10/12/2020 GMT

Becoming 'brothers' with my guard in Guantanamo Bay

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How a Mauritanian inmate and an American guard were brought together by a movie

Mauritanian engineer Mohamedou Salahi was detained on suspicion of being an Islamist extremist. He was released after 14 years with no charges and a new friend, guard Steve Wood.

In 2002, Mauritanian engineer Mohamedou Salahi was detained by American intelligence services. They believed he was a senior figure in al-Qaeda and took him to Guantanamo Bay, the notorious US prison camp. Mohamedou was held there for 14 years without charge, during which time he says he was tortured. A glimmer of light came in the form of an unexpected and life-changing friendship he would make with Steve Wood, one of his American guards. A new Hollywood movie about Mohamedou's story will be released early next year called The Mauritanian. This story was first broadcast in August 2019.

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Image: (L-R) Mohamedou Salahi and Steve Wood 
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