Leafless Posted October 10, 2007 Report Posted October 10, 2007 (edited) Arar team undeterred by rejection of similar complaintOttawa man's lawsuit against U.S. for torture will go ahead Steven Edwards, The Ottawa Citizen Published: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 NEW YORK - Lawyers for Syrian-born Canadian Maher Arar say his bid to sue the U.S. government for secretly shipping him to Syria for torture is unaffected by a U.S. Supreme Court decision yesterday to reject another high-profile "extraordinary rendition" case. http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/s...f1-163ba6d2014d I can hardly wait to see the extent of Maher Arar's torture lawsuit against the U.S. This can be especially true when previously reported by the Ottawa Citizen: A judicial inquiry led by Justice Dennis O'Connor found that the RCMP falsely characterized him as an Islamic extremist with suspected ties to al-Qaeda. Judge O'Connor concluded that the sharing of that misinformation with U.S. authorities "very likely" led them to deport Mr. Arar. "Very likely" does not constitute proof, and besides. Mr. Harper said the settlement was based on a "realistic assessment of what Mr. Arar would have won in a lawsuit." But neither the government nor Mr. Arar's lawyers have provided a detailed breakdown of how the figure was calculated. http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/s...60-d86a00142336 Good luck Mr. Arar , you are going to need it! Edited October 10, 2007 by Leafless Quote
ScottSA Posted October 10, 2007 Report Posted October 10, 2007 (edited) I see this as a metaphor for CAIR and the supposedly "moderate" Muslim organizations who think, with some justification, that the west is soft enough to push around in perpetuity. Sure, there are a great number of useful fools willing to buy into the "Islamophobia" meme and rush to the defence of enemies of the state, but even they will eventually have their eyes opened. The alleged "moderates" who nonetheless openly claim to be working toward the Islamification of the west will sooner or later push to far and get sucker punched so hard they won't know what hit them. They are miscalculating, as I think Arar is doing in this case. The Little Snivel on the Prairies will come to an end. Edited October 10, 2007 by ScottSA Quote
Leafless Posted October 11, 2007 Author Report Posted October 11, 2007 The Little Snivel on the Prairies will come to an end. Hopefully, before Canada turns into the laughing stock of the world. Quote
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