{"id":3041,"date":"2011-05-26T16:10:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T16:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/?p=3041"},"modified":"2013-06-04T15:05:45","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T15:05:45","slug":"the-oath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/the-oath\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oath"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"oath_280\"“If the United States and other western nations hope to confront and contain the threat of Al- Qaeda, we must understand its motivations and internal divisions. To do that requires first seeing Islamic radicals as real people\u2014subject to the human condition rather than apart from it. To acknowledge that humanity is not a justification of their acts, but rather an acceptance of an uncomfortable reality.” <\/em>Laura Poitras, Director\/Producer<\/div>\n
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Abu Jandal is a taxi driver in Sana\u2019a, Yemen; his brother-in-law Salim Hamdan is a Guantanamo prisoner and the first man to face the controversial military tribunals. Jandal and Hamdan\u2019s intertwined personal trajectories\u2014how they became bin Laden\u2019s bodyguard and driver respectively\u2014act as prisms that serve to explore and contextualise a world which has confounded Western media. As Hamdan\u2019s trial progresses, his military lawyers challenge fundamental flaws in the court system. The charismatic Jandal dialogues with his young son, Muslim students and journalists, and chillingly unveils the complex evolution of his belief system post-9\/11.<\/p>\n

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