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Originally Posted by rock45 Hi mmarsh
Not exactly a clear cut example this case I guess the US held him for a reason or at least one would think so. Doesn't sound like we sent him to Syria with a note tied to him please tortured me. If he was part of those groups he wouldn't tortured for that now one he? Most likely left Syria illegally or maybe the Syrians thought he was a spy? Something here doesn't sound right and remeber getting all those countries as you mention to fight on on side was part a show to to gain suuport for the war not because we needed them. Many American and I'm sure US Marines look down at Syrian government.
I don't believe the above they played both sides and harbor killers and I think were stupid for dealing with them in any manor period. Americans have been killed by this group and other directly because of Syria's support. Syria has messed up Lebanon for years and that region and to me are so much a part the problem. On my list for Global War on Terror I rate them only behind Iran and above Pakistan. |
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He wasn't coming from Syria, he was coming back from a vacation in Tunisia. He was only in New York to catch a connecting flight to Vancouver. While he was born in Syria, his family immigrated to Canada when he was 17. So there is no way he could have been identified as a intelligence officier. The reason he got picked up was because the Canadians confused him with another Mahar Arar (its a very Arabic common name like John Smith), which later turned out to be an fake alias of the real terrorist they were looking for. A fews days later, the Canadians recontacted the State Department to acknowledge they might have been mistaken about this guy But the State Department was so convinced that they had caught a known al-Qaeda member refused to release him or to double-check to see if they had the right guy. It was the Syrians themselves (after torturing this guy for 9 months) who told the State Department they didn't think he was a terrorist. If you think the government couldnt screw up that badly, then remember this is the same State Department whose first names on the no-fly list were all 17 9-11 hijackers -after the attacks.