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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45187)	12/11/2003 6:54:34 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Mind-boggling story of torture and terror from a brother on brother... It was worst treatment meted out than Guantanamo base. Two batches of prisoners from two countries arrived in Pakistan during the course of last few weeks, one group of 1025 with marks of tortures other five free of tortures, the ones free from torture are from a country that is ‘considered worst enemy of Islam’ and runs the Guantanamo base, the other where 1025 came were from Oman a Islamic republic and next door neighbors and brothers in faith.. As many as 1,025 Pakistanis returned home by sea on Wednesday, after they had been jailed for illegal entry and employment in Muscat. Many of them showed the marks of torture on their backs, which they say they received while in jail. There backs wore large wounds; some with blood oozing while others appeared to be lashed. It has been one of the most horrifying footage that GEO television showed causing outrage against the Oman’s authorities. "This matter will certainly be taken up by us with the authorities in Muscat and we will get to the bottom of these allegations and find the truth about this," Masood Khan, spokesman at the Foreign Office told The News. He said there are 1,000 illegal Pakistanis still awaiting deportation in Oman. "This is a huge problem for us and we are tackling it as a top priority for Pakistan. Since the year 2000, we have seen 22,000 Pakistanis being deported from Oman. He said there are inputs and coordination from the Ministry of Interior, Coast Guard and the provincial governments but somehow trafficking of humans continues unabated. Questions being asked how desperate are these Pakistanis who are willing to risk their lives in search of a better livelihood? This is apparent from the fact that the returning Pakistanis said that when they were climbing the rough terrain to reach Muscat, it was littered with bodies of Pakistanis, Bengalis and Afghans being ripped apart by birds of prey. Islamabad is to take up with the authorities of Oman the allegations made by Pakistanis deported Wednesday that they were tortured in Muscat jails. No one talks of horror stories and human right abuses hurl down on poverty stricken economic migrants who illegally land up in Muscat in search of jobs. They are not terrorists but are beaten up, tortured jailed and meted out worst of treatments but it is treatment from Islamic brothers therefore no human rights are very mentioned although Guantanamo base is in news all the time where none of the returnees so far has complained of physical blood marks or physical torture although mental sever anguish and chains have been complained about. Sunday, November 23, 2003 Five More Pakistanis Return from Guantanamo Source: Jang ISLAMABAD: Five Pakistanis, who were detained by the US at Guantanamo Bay arrived by a special American flight on Saturday night, sources said. Hafiz Liaqat Manzoor, Muhammad Ishaq, Talli Mehmood, Majid Mehmood and Ejaz Ahmad Khan, who were released by the US authorities, were later taken to an unknown place for investigation. Other sources, however, said that they were sent to Adiala Jail. Agencies add: Senior Interior Ministry official Brigadier Iqbal Cheema said five more Pakistanis held by the US military at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba returned home on Saturday after persistent efforts of the government of Pakistan and its parleys with the US government. "The government will continue to make efforts to secure the release of all Pakistanis, Cheema added. The United States has so far released 21 Pakistanis since November last year while 37 were still in Camp X-ray, officials said. Security officials said the Pakistanis who arrived late Saturday would be interrogated before they are allowed to rejoin their families. Separately, at least 20 Pakistanis and 40 other suspected Taliban and their sympathisers were released from a prison in northern Afghanistan, a spokesman for northern commander Abdul Rashid Dostum said on Saturday. The men, who had been held since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, were released on Friday from Shibergan jail in Jawzjan province as part of an amnesty linked to the end of Ramazan, said spokesman Faiz Zaki. Zaki said the men were all low-ranking fighters. The prisoners, including 20 Pakistanis, were handed over to representatives of President Hamid Karzai’s central government. Dostum is a deputy defense minister in Karzai’s government.