Ralph,<br> <br> Was the torture regrettable to you because the guy they arrested was not involved with 911, or was the torture regrettable because you disagree with torturing the 911 planners and instigators?<br> <br> I have little sympathy for anyone involved with the planning of 911 that ends up getting tortured. The torture may not do much for getting reliable information, but makes that guy and others regret or think twice about planning a terrorist attack against the US, doesn't it? <br> <br> The current World judicial system does little to prevent or thwart off crime. Most world criminals seem to die of suicide, heart attack, or are murdered long before they ever make it to a justice sentence. <br><br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br><br><b><i>Ralph Nielsen <nielsen@uidaho.edu></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Recommendation 22<br><br>The Government of Canada
should register a formal objection with the <br>governments of the United States and Syria concerning their treatment <br>of Maher Arar and Canadian officials involved with his case.<br><br>The American authorities who handled Arar’s case treated him in a <br>most regrettable fashion, O'Connor wrote. They removed him to Syria <br>against his wishes and in the face of his statements that he would be <br>tortured if sent there. Moreover, they dealt with Canadian officials <br>involved with Arar’s case in a less than forthcoming manner.<br><br>The inquiry concluded American officials were not candid, either with <br>the RCMP officers with whom they had been working jointly on the <br>investigation that involved Arar, or with Canadian consular officials <br>seeking to assist Arar, about their intentions or about the process <br>that led to his removal.<br><br>The act of objecting will be more symbolic than anything else, <br>O'Connor concedes. Unquestionably, he
says, Canada should continue to <br>co-operate fully with American authorities in the global fight <br>against terror.<br><br><br><br>The entire text is available at:<br><br>http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/arar/arar_inquiry.html<br>I might add that the American authorities could much more easily have <br>sent Arar back home to Canada than to Syria, which according to <br>President Bush is an "evil" country. The Americans then lied and said <br>they had sent him to Switzerland (of all countries!).<br><br>I'm sure Dick Sherwin would also admit to being a terrorist if he <br>were sent to Syria or Guantanamo.<br><br><br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br>
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