and joining us in london is moazzam begg.e is a former guantanamo prisoner, held in extrajudicial detention by the u.s. government from 2002-2005, first in kandahar then at bagram airbase in afghanistan for approximately a year before being transferred to guantanamo. in 2011 and 2012, begg made several trips to syria where to investigate reports of u.s. and british rendition operations and to interview former prisoners of the assad regime. moazzam begg works as outreach director at the london-based organization cage, which advocates on behalf of victims of the war on terror. moazzam begg, it is good to have you back on democracy now! we interviewed you when we were in london and then again on various issues over the years. but right now as the situation in syria and 10 is to deteriorate, can you talk about, one, what is happening now and your response to what is happening in douma, the allegations that syria was involved in the chemical weapons attack on the people. others saying it was not syria and others saying the chemica

and joining us in london is moazzam begg.e is a former guantanamo prisoner, held in extrajudicial detention by the u.s. government from 2002-2005, first in kandahar then at bagram airbase in afghanistan for approximately a year before being transferred to guantanamo. in 2011 and 2012, begg made several trips to syria where to investigate reports of u.s. and british rendition operations and to interview former prisoners of the assad regime. moazzam begg works as outreach director at the london-based organization cage, which advocates on behalf of victims of the war on terror. moazzam begg, it is good to have you back on democracy now! we interviewed you when we were in london and then again on various issues over the years. but right now as the situation in syria and 10 is to deteriorate, can you talk about, one, what is happening now and your response to what is happening in douma, the allegations that syria was involved in the chemical weapons attack on the people. others saying it was not syria and others saying the chemica