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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: yowser on January 23, 2004, 04:06:03 PM

Title: US Govt. Sued By So-Called "Terrorist"
Post by: 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

Title: US Govt. Sued
Post by: Thrawn on January 23, 2004, 04:46:17 PM

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

Title: US Govt. Sued
Post by: Dinger 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.

Title: US Govt. Sued
Post by: Thrawn on January 23, 2004, 07:42:47 PM

The Canadian government might be culpable in this as well.