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_http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/27/MNG9SNQ6BO1.DTL_ (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/27/MNG9SNQ6BO1.DTL) Canada offers $8.9 million, apology to torture victim Man wrongly IDd as extremist sent to U.S., then Syria Maggie Farley, Los Angeles Times Saturday, January 27, 2007 The prime minister of Canada apologized and offered $8.9 million in compensation Friday to Maher Arar, a Canadian software engineer who was mistakenly deported by U.S. officials to Syria in 2002 where he was imprisoned and tortured for a year. After being wrongly identified by Canadian police as an Islamic extremist in information shared with U.S. authorities, Arar was detained by American agents during a stopover at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport. They held and interrogated him for 11 days, then sent him to his native Syria, where he was tortured into making false confessions that he was involved with al Qaeda.... www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
