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“Craddock: Security Cooperation Critical to Promoting Stability, Countering”Terror
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2007
Former CIA Detainee Arrested For German Arson Attack
Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Khaled el-Masri made headlines when details of his kidnapping and torture emerged
A German citizen of Lebanese descent who claims he was kidnapped by the CIA and tortured in an Afghanistan prison was arrested Thursday in Germany on suspicion of arson, police said.
Khaled el-Masri, 43, was taken into custody after a fire caused major damage to a wholesale market in the southern German town of Neu-Ulm during the night, a police spokesman said.
A statement by the police said el-Masri was “under urgent suspicions of setting fire” at the entrance of a wholesale market after having destroyed the glass door.
A judge ordered that el-Masri be held in the psychiatric ward of a local hospital pending investigations into the blaze, which caused damage worth 500,000 euros ($675,000).
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