was no real evidence that he was anything resembling a terrorist, other
than he may possibly have known someone who was at one time possibly
thought to be associated with Al Queda. Pretty slim evidence if you ask me.
Moreover there has been calls for a Crown Commission to investigate the
incident and to determine whether the RCMP passed any information on to the
Americans. The Canadian government is already investigating those claims.
Moreover, he did not "Rush" to the US. He was switching flights in New York
to continue on to Montreal.
From the sounds of it the intelligence authorities may have violated some
US laws by turning the man over to the Syrians, after he requested a lawyer
while in custody, and was denied due process.
So what you're saying is that the end justifies the means.
You know of course that excuse went out with the Nuremburg Trials at the
end of the second World War.
larry
At 11:32 AM 11/5/2003, you wrote:
>You're assuming he's telling the truth. A Syrian born Canadian... Works
>with another Syrian born terrorist... is close enough to the terrorist's
>family to have him sign a lease for him... he's vacationing in an Islamic
>country and needs to rush to the US immediately. You're telling me he and
>his company are not smart enought to realize that this is a bad time to be
>entering the US from a foreign country as a person of middle-eastern
>descent? I'm sympathetic to the fact that we're losing civil liberties
>all the time, but come on, this is pretty suspicious.
>
>- Matt Small
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Angel Stewart
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:16 AM
> Subject: RE: The Damasus Holiday Inn...
>
> Pfaw!
>
> He's not a 'person'! He KNEW a Terrorist! ONce you know a terrorist or
> are even suspected of knowing a terrorist you lose all rights! If
> America had been vigorously persecuting non whites and non americans all
> this time, 9/11 might have never happened!
>
> He's not an American...he's just a Canadian. He really has no 'rights'
> per say...except whatever America decides out of the goodness of its
> blessed heart to give him.
>
> *shrug* So what?America was wrong about this one guy. But just think!
> Out of all the people that America has done this to..at least a FEW will
> turn out to be terrorists.
>
> Isn't that worth it??
>
> Isn't the safety of American citizens..isn't the safety of American
> women and children *worth* the suffering and torture of a few
> non-citizens?
>
> Everyone's making all this fuss about an /Arab/....He's an /Arab/...from
> Syria people. Come on.
>
> Pfaw. Not even worth it.
>
> -Gel
> >:)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Smyth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Wow, reading something like that really enables you to put your own
> problems
> in perspective
>
> Its a great shame for the guy, but that sort of thing happens more than
> we
> would like to think. At the end of the day extremists bring out the
> extreme
> in the people who are trying to stop them.
>
> Is it right or fair....no
>
> But life isn't...
>
>
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