Meanwhile, the Canadian House of Commons [official website] Wednesday voted to apologize to Arar, but the Prime Minister Stephen Harper [official website] has so far refused to offer a formal apology on behalf of the country's Conservative government. The commission cited the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) [official website] for giving false evidence to the US linking Arar to terrorists, prompting the US decision to send him to Syria, where he was born. From Canada, CTV has local coverage.
Sounds like Canada admits they messed up. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 6:21 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Couple charged under patriot act for snuggling on aircraft. > > ok so... rendition is not a problem with you but the Canadians are at > fault for allowing it? Your position just doesn't make sense. As for > the military service, well, I think he was 15 when he left, lol, is > this a matter for torture in Syria? So explain to me what the > information was that the Canadian ambassador was asking about? > You don't make sense, Sam. Here, maybe you didn't get the memo. > > http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/09/doj-retreats-from-gonzales- > disavowal.php > > Thursday, September 21, 2006 > > > DOJ retreats from Gonzales disavowal of responsibility for Arar > deportation > Holly Manges Jones at 11:51 AM ET > > > > [JURIST] A US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] spokesman > retreated Wednesday from comments [JURIST report] made earlier this > week by US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [official profile] on the > case of Canadian Maher Arar [advocacy website; CBC timeline] in which > Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said the US was not responsible for > his removal to Syria and that he was not aware Arar was tortured > there. Charles Miller said Wednesday that Gonzales was just trying to > make the point that the US Department of Homeland Security [official > website] now handles deportation issues. The comments by Gonzales > stirred controversy as they followed a report by a Canadian commission > [official website] that cited public records documenting an order by > the US to deport Arar to Syria from the US, where he was in transit > from Tunisia on his way back home to Canada. The New York Times has > more. > > Meanwhile, the Canadian House of Commons [official website] Wednesday > voted to apologize to Arar, but the Prime Minister Stephen Harper > [official website] has so far refused to offer a formal apology on > behalf of the country's Conservative government. The commission cited > the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) [official website] for giving > false evidence to the US linking Arar to terrorists, prompting the US > decision to send him to Syria, where he was born. From Canada, CTV has > local coverage. > > On 11/21/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/21/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > skipped out on the military???? What are you smoking, Sam. > > > > > > Syrian military service is compulsory. He left before he served. > > Didn't you read any of this? > > > > > from your first link" > > > "He said the Americans said to the Canadians, 'We are ready to give > > > you back Mr. Arar on the condition that you bring him back to Canada, > > > you incarcerate him, you make charges against him,'" he testified. > > > > > > "And the Canadian party said, 'No, the Canadian Charter of Freedoms > > > does not allow us to do what you're asking. We do not have proper > > > grounds.'" > > > > > > the second link is almost two years old. Here's something more recent: > > > the head of the RCMP apologized to him. > > > > Admitting they were at fault... > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221186 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
