Maher Arar offers to talk to Omar Khadr [video included]
CBC News
October 2, 2012
Maher Arar, whose wrongful deportation and torture in Syria led to a multimillion-dollar settlement with Ottawa, says Canada must decide whether it wants to continue to “demonize” Omar Khadr or to rehabilitate him.
Arar, now a human rights activist in Ottawa, told host Evan Solomon on CBC News Network’s Power & Politics that Khadr needs to talk to someone who understands what he went through during his imprisonment in Guantanamo Bay, and that he is willing to talk to Khadr if asked.
“If the government wants me to assist, if [Khadr’s] lawyers want me to assist … but let’s be clear, it is a decision [Khadr] needs to make,” Arar said.
Arar said Khadr was likely coerced into making statements after being abused and tortured at Guantanamo Bay prison.
“I can relate to him, I can relate to all the Guantanamo detainees,” Arar said. “The minute I hear the word torture, something in my mind starts thinking … what did this guy go through and how is he going to recover, most importantly?”
Arar, a Canadian citizen since 1991 and Ottawa-based telecommunications engineer, was detained during a stopover in New York in September 2002 and deported to Syria, where he was born, even though he was carrying a Canadian passport.
He was incarcerated, beaten and tortured in a Syrian jail for nearly a year after his “rendition” by U.S. authorities.
After an official inquiry that cleared him of all alleged ties to terrorism, Arar was given an official apology from the federal government and awarded a $10-million settlement.
Horrible Chemtrails Sunset Over Dead Trees In Halifax [video]
FolkPhotographer
October 3, 2012
[hat tip: Aircrap.org]
Journalist Almost Assasinated for Exposing Turkey Delivering Weapons to Syrian Insurgents [video]
Syrian Girl
October 3, 2012
Lebanese Journalist for Al Jadeed TV, Yumna Fawaz was embedded with Syrian opposition groups on the Syria-Lebanese border. When she witnessed Turkish officers distributing weapons to insurgent groups inside Syria, as a result she was taken hostage by the Turkish officers and her video tapes seized. The intention may have been to execute and silence her and blame the Syrian government, because at the same her station received news from the Free Syrian Army claiming that she has been killed by the Syrian government. A phone call may have saved her.
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Syria Does Not Want a War With Turkey – Ziad Fadel [video]
108morris108
October 4, 2012
Syria Will Not Be The West’s Failed State, If a War with Turkey developed then Iran and the Russian Bear would enact their military obligations and support Syria.
Turkey Syria Border Attack False Flag Planned in Advance by NATO [video]
Syrian Girl
October 4, 2012
Syria has continuously defeated the terrorists inside Aleppo. The Army has held together, defections were too few. NATO has to find another way to attack Syria. One was to accuse her of firing mortars into turkey as a pretext for Turkey to Attack start artillery strikes into Syrian territory. The scenario is very much what was detailed in the brookings institute report, as pointed out by Toni Cartalucci from Land destroyer. http://landdestroyer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/turkey-attempts-to-trigger-war-vs…
The Building 7 Challenge [video]
The Intel Hub
September 26, 2012
Bob Tuskin of The Intel Hub presents “The Building 7 Challenge”
People Against the NDAA At NC End the FED [video]
P.A.N.D.A. People Against the NDAA
October 2, 2012
Join the movement: http://www.peopleagainstndaa.com/join-us
Bill Anderson from People Against NDAA Davidson, NC speaks at the End the FED Rally in Charlotte, NC.
