Chinese Muslims at Gitmo: U.S. not enemy

'America has never hurt my family'
Abdul Razak, another Uighur, said he left China because he couldn't pay debts and went to Afghanistan "to start a carpet or possibly an animal skins business."

He denied receiving military training.

"If I wanted the training I would get it to fight against the Chinese government," he said, according to the transcripts reviewed by AP. "America has never hurt my family or my nationality. Why would I train to go against the U.S. government?"

He expressed frustration that his parents could not be brought to testify that he had gone to Afghanistan to look for work, adding that "my parents are probably suffering now because of my debts."

The Air Force colonel presiding over the tribunal said such testimony would have been irrelevant. Razak disputed that.

"My parents know why they sent me out," he said. "Did they send me to fight or to do business? They know why."

Dying wish
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a news conference this week that the Uighurs were terrorists who should be returned to face justice in China and insisted they would not be tortured.

In their appearances before the Guantanamo panels, the detainees begged the American soldiers not to send them back to China, saying they would be tortured and executed there.

Mahmud said he would want only his corpse returned.

"If I should die in here, I would like for you to send my dead body back to my family," he said.

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