Posted on 01/24/2006 9:41:25 AM PST by RepublicNewbie
An Islamic man, who was detained by US agents without criminal charges being file and then was deported to Egypt, testified for a deposition in New York on Monday in a lawsuit against the US government. He claims he was unlawfully imprisoned and abused.
That's the story as reported by the mainstream news media. In fact, Mr. Ebrahim did commit a crime by staying in the United States illegally. His visa expired.
Yasser Ebrahim is one of several Muslim men who are being allowed to return to New York City to participate in the civil suit under strict conditions including confinement to their hotel rooms for the duration of their stay, in spite of continued suspicions that they are terrorist associates.
The men, whom US counterterrorism agents were unable to break, claim they were subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment in a Brooklyn detention center, including beatings, solitary confinement, verbal abuse and a lack of access to their families and lawyers.
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..claim they were subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment....beatings, solitary confinement, verbal abuse and a lack of access to their families and lawyers.
Ask Danny Pearl or Nick Berg et al about their inhumane & degrading treatment. Heck, ask the average muslim woman about her treatment as a person. This makes me sick.
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