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Lawsuit claims CIA kidnapped, tortured German man
cnn ^
| December 6, 2005
| CNN
Posted on 12/06/2005 3:33:45 PM PST by indcons
A suit was filed Tuesday in the United States on behalf of a German man who alleges he was kidnapped and tortured by U.S. agents for five months in 2004. The suit charges the man was mistakenly suspected of being an associate of the 9/11 hijackers.
Khaled Masri, a 42-year-old man of Lebanese decent, claims that he was taken on New Year's Eve 2003 by CIA operatives from his vacation in Macedonia to a prison in Afghanistan.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cia; detainees; gwot; khaledmasri; lawsuit; masri
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In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, said the United States had acknowledged the arrest of Masri was a "mistake."
Rice declined comment.
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posted on
12/06/2005 3:33:46 PM PST
by
indcons
To: indcons
Of course, all German men have names like Khalid.
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posted on
12/06/2005 3:34:49 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
(What'ya mean you formatted the cat!?)
To: thoughtomator
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posted on
12/06/2005 3:35:52 PM PST
by
indcons
(Don't question either my intelligence or my ability; I have none.)
To: indcons
isn't this the same CIA that is so filled with leftist PC types?
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posted on
12/06/2005 3:37:14 PM PST
by
NZerFromHK
(Alberta independentists to Canada (read: Ontario and Quebec): One hundred years is long enough)
To: thoughtomator
Something odd here.
According to one account, "Kuwaiti-born Mr Masri was seized close to the Macedonian border as he headed towards Albania following what he has described as a row with his wife in Germany. After being held for three weeks in the Macedonian capital, Skopje, Mr Masri says he was beaten, handcuffed, blindfolded, drugged, and flown to a CIA prison in Afghanistan."
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posted on
12/06/2005 3:37:29 PM PST
by
indcons
(Don't question either my intelligence or my ability; I have none.)
To: indcons
Khaled MasriSounds very German...
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posted on
12/06/2005 3:38:23 PM PST
by
RWR8189
(George Allen 2008)
To: indcons
The CIA turned my dog against me and then charged me $500 for delivery of 300 gallons of #1 heating oil.
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posted on
12/06/2005 3:40:08 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Not transferable -- Good only for this trip)
To: RWR8189
He's related to Khaled Kerry and Khaled Kennedy.
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posted on
12/06/2005 3:41:22 PM PST
by
pleikumud
To: indcons
So now, instead of rotting in some East European hell-hole, they're rotting in some Moroccon hell-hole. The accents may be different, but the schedule is still the same.
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To: LibertySF
"Geez... last I checked this was FREE Republic, where the idea of taking an innocent man and depriving him of his liberty might be considered disgusting to some. I guess if he's got that kind of name, he _must_ be up to no good."Innocence is proven by a court of law. His name by public reasoning has, by deeds, already been rightfully connected to possible collusion to terrorist activities.
Let the courts decide his innocence.....not some minority group of liberal traitors.
To: thoughtomator
- Of course, all German men have names like Khalid.
You think Rumsfeld or Wolfowitz is typical american name? ;)
To: Elchwurst
Well, the beauty of America is that anything can be an American name, since anybody can be an American.
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posted on
12/07/2005 8:49:50 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
(What'ya mean you formatted the cat!?)
To: thoughtomator
fine...so it is in germany.
the benefit of a globalized world :o)
To: Elchwurst
That may be a pleasant illusion, but I'm sure you know that the Muslim population in Germany doesn't consider itself German.
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12/07/2005 9:02:30 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
(What'ya mean you formatted the cat!?)
To: thoughtomator
That may be a pleasant illusion, but I'm sure you know that the Muslim population in America doesn't consider itself American.
Now enough of stupid generalizations?
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To: LibertySF
"Innocence is proven by a court of law." Are you insane? Innocence is presumed. Guilt is proven in a court of law. Please leave this country and live in the police state of your choice.
Agreed!
Some may have forgotten during the so called "war on terror" (the wrong terminus in my opinion) what made america a great country
To: Elchwurst
Actually there is a big difference in the attitude of the US Muslim population and those in Europe. Most US Muslims consider themselves Americans. From my understanding this is decidedly not true in the European nations.
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12/07/2005 11:22:40 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
(What'ya mean you formatted the cat!?)
To: thoughtomator
well if you think so go on with that.
But i have some doubts about if you are able to know the "attitude" of european muslims.
Sorry, but i think as an European i can evaluate that better than you.
Most euromuslims are proud of it to live here and consider themselve as europeans.
IslamofascistIdiots are everywhere, here and also there
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