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SESKATOW

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Fri Oct 19, 2012, 01:39 AM Oct 2012

David Hicks Book Banned In The USA? [View all]

David Hicks Book Banned In The USA?


http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32787.htm
Has the US Banned the Autobiography of a Former Guantanamo Prisoner?

By Richard Edmondson

October 18, 2012 "Information Clearing House" - People might remember the name David Hicks. He is an Australian who was held prisoner at Guantanamo Bay from 2001 until 2007. In 2010 he published an autobiography entitled Guantanamo: My Journey. Reportedly the book details the years of torture he underwent while in the custody of the US military. Sounds like a book you might want to read. But strangely, it does not seem to be for sale in the U.S. Barnes and Noble does not list it at all. Amazon, conversely, does list it for sale— at its Kindle Store —but at the very spot on the page where we’d expect to see the “Buy Now” button, we find instead a notice reading, “This title is not available for customers from: United States.” Amazon also has a used hardcover copy for sale—only one—but it is available at the outrageous price of $105.15.

Hicks’ publisher is Random House Books-Australia. If you follow the link and click the “Buy Now” button, you are presented with a menu of retailers who offer Guantanamo: My Journey for sale on their websites at a price of $34.95 or less. All of them appear to be Australian outlets and the prices are in Australian dollars. Ctd....

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