The Guardian - "Revealed: MI5's role in torture flight hell".

[demoleft]

The Guardian, Sunday July 29, 2007 http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2137144,00.html

Possible tags for the story: illegal, detention, torture, dictatorship, legal rights suspension, antidemocratic, violence, Guantanamo...

"An Iraqi who was a key source of intelligence for MI5 has given the first ever full insider's account of being seized by the CIA and bundled on to an illegal 'torture flight' under the programme known as extraordinary rendition."

"In a remarkable interview for The Observer, British resident Bisher al-Rawi has told how he was betrayed by the security service despite having helped keep track of Abu Qatada, the Muslim cleric accused of being Osama bin Laden's 'ambassador in Europe'.

He was abducted and stripped naked by US agents, clad in nappies, a tracksuit and shackles, blindfolded and forced to wear ear mufflers, then strapped to a stretcher on board a plane bound for a CIA 'black site' jail near Kabul in Afghanistan.

He was taken on to the jail at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba before being released last March and returned to Britain after four years' detention without charge."

Amnesty International on Guantanamo and UK resident Bisher al-Rawi:
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/gbr-030407-goodnews-eng

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[Eurobabe]

1. He-heh, I love that show MI-5, good series!

Oh, you mean this is the REAL THING? I thought THAT was the real thing. I'm confused. :eyes:

[Laughing Mirror]

2. Spooks is one of my favorites too

None of its competitors, such as clumsy 24, can kill off agents, or bid them adieu, with such passion and magnificence as Harry's gang at MI-5.

How do they do it?

[KoKo]

3. I hope Gordon Brown will press for release of the other prisoners and

get to the bottom of what Bush and Blair have done. It will be a big test of his new position. Will he rubber stamp Blair's joined hands with Bush...or be his own person.