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Headlines : Human RightsAmerica Kidnapped Me
Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen born in Kuwait and raised in Lebanon, was a car salesman before he was detained in 2003. Now he has filed a law suit against George Tenet, the former CIA director. Initially detained by Macedonian agents in December of 2003, he was forced to record a video saying he has been treated well. Then taken to Afghanistan to be beaten and interrogated under American custody, Khaled’s captors would not bring him to court to stand trial. Now Khaled has brought them to court, and he is telling his story.
[Posted By ShiftShapers]Republished from The Los Angeles Times
I am still recovering from an experience that was completely beyond the pale, outside the bounds of any legal framework and unacceptable in any civilized society. Because I believe in the American system of justice, I sued George Tenet, the former CIA director, last week. What happened to me should never be allowed to happen again.
I was born in Kuwait and raised in Lebanon. In 1985, when Lebanon was being torn apart by civil war, I fled to Germany in search of a better life. There I became a citizen and started my own family. I have five children.
On Dec. 31, 2003, I took a bus from Germany to Macedonia. When we arrived, my nightmare began. Macedonian agents confiscated my passport and detained me for 23 days. I was not allowed to contact anyone, including my wife.
At the end of that time, I was forced to record a video saying I had been treated well. Then I was handcuffed, blindfolded and taken to a building where I was severely beaten. My clothes were sliced from my body with a knife or scissors, and my underwear was forcibly removed. I was thrown to the floor, my hands pulled behind me…
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Poor Bastard, this story should be plastered all over the U.S. to tell them what their gov’t is doing…. it’s amazing how the similarities between the pre-WWII germany and america continue to accumulate.
it’s amazing how the similarities between the pre-WWII germany and america continue to accumulate.
Indeed, and the funny part is that they are supported by the very victims of the nazism: israel and the jews.
Ironic is just too short to describe this.
everyone is at risk….... soon according to the latest edict…..... the free voice of america will be silenced….....its terrorists you know…......internal…......you on the list?.....if your on gnn i bet you are…........resistance from the outside is terrorism….....resistance from the inside is terrorism…......agreement is safe and all you have do is sacrifice every piece of human dignity you ever thought you had…..... i am not liking what i am seeing…....... think i will go watch a copy of catch 22
“In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Catholic. Then they came for me – and by that time there was nobody left to speak up.”
Perhaps Americans could start that with “when they came for the Muslims…”, and go from there?
Of course after they came for the Muslims, we would all live in peace and we wouldn’ need to go after anyone else.
IsraelForever2 – You should really stop wasting space on these pages. You rarely have anything constructive to say and when you do have a valid point it is often rendered mute by your countless absurd and racist comments.