Sharbat or Sherbet (Persian: شربت Sharbat; Azerbaijani: Şərbət; Turkish: Şerbet; Marathi: सरबत Sarbat; Hindi: शर्बत; Urdu: شربت; Punjabi: ਮੈਨੂੰ ਪੀਤਾ Mainū pītā; Bengali: শরবত Shorbot; Hungarian: sörbet; Arabic: شربات Sharbāt) is a popular West and South Asian drink that is prepared from fruits or flower petals. It is sweet and served chilled. It can be served in concentrate form and eaten with a spoon or diluted with water to create the drink. Popular sharbats are made of one or more of the following: Rose water, Sandalwood, Bael, Gurhal (Hibiscus), Lemon, Orange, Mango, Pineapple, and Falsa (Grewia asiatica).
Most of the sharbats are very common in Indian, Turkish, Iranian, Arab, Afghan, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi homes.
The word Sharbat is from Persian "شربت" "sharbat", and Sherbet is from Turkish "şerbet" "sherbet", both of which in turn come from Arabic شربة "sharba" a drink, from شرب "shariba" to drink. Also called "sorbet", which comes from French "sorbet", from Italian "sorbetto", and in turn from Turkish "şerbet". The word is cognate to syrup in British and American English. Historically it was a cool effervescent or iced fruit soft drink. The meaning, spelling, and pronunciation have fractured between different countries. It is usually spelled "sherbet", but a common corruption changes this to "sherbert".
According to the United States Department of Defense, it held more than two hundred Afghan detainees in Guantanamo prior to May 15, 2006. They had been captured and classified as enemy combatants in warfare following the US and allies invasion of Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban and disrupt terrorist networks. Originally the US held such prisoners in sites in Afghanistan, but needed a facility to detain them where they could be interrogated. It opened the Guantanamo Bay detention camp on January 11, 2002 and transported the enemy combatants there.
The United States Supreme Court's ruled in Rasul v. Bush (2004) that the detainees had the right of habeas corpus to challenge their detention under the US Constitution. That summer, the Department of Defense stopped transferring detained men to Guantanamo. On September 6, 2006 United States President George W. Bush announced the transfer of 14 high value detainees to Guantanamo, including several Afghans. Other Afghans have been transferred to the camp since then.
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