Author Topic: US Govt. Sued By So-Called "Terrorist" (Read 270 times)

yowser · « **on:** January 23, 2004, 04:06:03 PM »

"...NEW YORK - A Canadian citizen who says he was tortured in a Syrian prison after being deported by the U.S. launched a lawsuit against the American government Thursday, seeking financial compensation and a declaration that the U.S. acted illegally. "

All sorts of folks being tossed into jail these post 9/11 days that we never hear about but this time they may have picked the wrong guy. His story:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/arar/arar_statement.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/arar/

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/01/22/ararsuit040122

May get very interesting.

yowser

Thrawn · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2004, 04:46:17 PM »

Indeed, the whole situation is turning into somewhat of a **** storm up here.

Dinger · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2004, 06:30:20 PM »

Yeah, what the INS is doing to foreigners these days (And not merely muslims) is pretty obscene. That's one of the more extreme cases, but there are plenty of stories of harassment, imprisonment and deportation to go around.
Every foreigner I've spoken to recently has an INS story, and they're not fun to hear.

Thrawn · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2004, 07:42:47 PM »

The Canadian government might be culpable in this as well.