USA is duped by Canada

[Dancing David]

I had ementioned in a previous threda about how our government deported a Canadian citizen in transit to Canada. Which I think is kind of wierd , here is the amnesty story about his realease
Arar deportation and torture in Syria (http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR511392003)

What is really wird about it is the story that he told to the CBC radio on As it Happens.

He says that he had been given work clearnce to come to the USA and work on a number of occasions since the 9-11 bombing. And so he feels that he was detained and deported at the intruction of the Canadian government.

This raise disturbing questions:

1. Why would we illegaly detain a foriegn citizen of a friendly country and not offer them the oppotunity to contact the consul?

2. Did our government turn him over at Canada's request?

3. Why would our nation want someone tortured by Syria and then released?

[Tesserat]

I'd like to see your "disturbing questions" answered, but why did you title this thread "USA is duped by Canada", and not "USA deports Canadian to Syria, resulting in torture of Canadian by Syrians"

Do you think that Canadians are trying to fool americans into torturing our citizens?

Please clarify what you mean.

There's speculation that the US was given some information about Arar by Canadian RCMP, and maybe the US gov was acting on that, but even in that case, I would expect them to send him back to Canada, not syria. Then if he was in Canada illegally, let the Candians deport him.

Or... hmmm, letsee, what's the possibility of the American Homeland security overeacting to something that has a hint of terrorist attached. I'm kinda expecting this kind of thing to get more common, what with an US election coming up, and GWB's greastest popularity coming from his war on terrorism.

[Dancing David]

Mainly I titles it that way as advertising, otherwise people won't read the post.

Would the RCMP send someone to Syria to be tortured for information, that is what Mr. Arar believes.

I too am very concerned that a foriegn national would be deported to Syria, that was bogus.

[ChrisH]

Originally posted by Dancing David
I too am very concerned that a foriegn national would be deported to Syria, that was bogus.

You mean it didn't happen?