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A Guantanamo Guard And His Detainee Reunite

Former Guantanamo guard Steve Wood, right, flew to Mauritania this spring to visit Mohamedou Ould Slahi — the detainee he once spent his days guarding. Slahi was released from Guantanamo in 2016. Courtesy of Mohamedou Slahi hide caption

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A Guantanamo Guard And His Detainee Reunite

August 12, 2018 • Former Guantanamo guard Steve Wood recently took a trip to Mauritania to visit Mohamedou Ould Slahi, the prisoner he watched for almost a year.

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A 'Guantanamo Diary' From A Prisoner Still On The Inside

January 20, 2015 • In the first memoir from a prisoner still being held at Guantanamo, Mohamedou Ould Slahi tells how he went from his native Mauritania to joining al-Qaida in Afghanistan to the U.S. prison in Cuba.

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