Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee advised the interviewing agent that he was well. The purpose of this interview was to build rapport with this detainee. As a result, no investigative information was obtained. The detainee stated that he would not provide any information until the U.S. Government and interrogators in Camp Delta changed the way they treated the Koran. He then relayed an incident in the camp from the day before were detainees believed a guard abuse of the Koran. The detainee claims there were beatings and further mishandling of the Koran. He said he was going to shut down and refuse to talk anymore. The detainee claims it was "an abuse of the Koran for non-believers to handle the Koran". When asked for specifics, he refused to respond.
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Korans, which had been removed earlier, had been returned by the guards.
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stated that it was an abuse of the Koran fbr non-believers to handle the Koran.I
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stated that he understood the United States to support the freedom of religion. Why was b7F -1 it then, he asked, that the Koran was used as a weapon.
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stated that each detainee should be able to decide if they want a copy of the Koran or
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not. For those who do not, he stated, the guards should remove them all and no longer remove them and
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return them at will.
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