Ottawa calls inquiry into Arar case, was Re: [syndicate] (Fwd) FW: Arar launches lawsuit against U.S. government

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Arar grateful to `all Canadians'

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Last fall, after he was returned from Syria, Arar told how he had been  
stopped at an airport in New York, detained, deported to Jordan and  
Syria, kept in a grave-like cell, interrogated, tortured and forced to  
listen to the screams of other victims.

Since then, he has gained — or regained — greater composure and  
self-assurance.

"I am very amazed how all Canadians reacted since I went public," he  
said. "They've sent a lot of letters. There are a lot of people I meet  
on the street, in the shopping malls, they shake my hand, they give me  
support, they say to me `We are behind you.'"


On Jan 22, 2004, at 10:11 PM, Ivo Skoric wrote:

> It is bad enough for the global sense of freedom of movement to see
> that the US deported a Canadian citizen to Syria. Now we have to
> listen how Canadians are obstructing the independent public review of
> that case of their utterly obsequious servitude to the American
> foreign policy interests.
> ivo
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> Arar launches lawsuit against U.S. government
> Last Updated Thu Jan 22 17:01:56 2004
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> NEW YORK-- A Canadian citizen who says he was tortured in a Syrian
> prison after being deported by the U.S. launched a lawsuit against
> the
> American government Thursday, seeking financial compensation and a
> declaration that the U.S. acted illegally.
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