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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (48346)	5/27/2005 2:51:04 PM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Find the Koran in this: "'Your case is almost over' and 'You will be released soon. ... But we will only release you on condition that you will never speak to the press or media or speak against us. Your well-being lies in silence otherwise you and your family will be in big trouble.' Then they made us write a statement that said that we had not been held by any government or semi-government agency and were writing this statement of our own free will." Pakistan: U.S. Citizens Tortured, Held Illegally FBI Participated in Interrogations Despite Apparent Knowledge of Torture, Abduction By: Human Rights Watch Published: May 24, 2005 U.S. FBI agents operating in Pakistan repeatedly interrogated and threatened two U.S. citizens of Pakistani origin who were unlawfully detained and subjected to torture by the Pakistani security services, Human Rights Watch said today. The brothers Zain Afzal and Kashan Afzal were abducted from their home in Karachi at about 2 a.m. on August 13, 2004. They were released on April 22, 2005 without having been charged. During eight months of illegal detention, Zain Afzal and Kashan Afzal were routinely tortured by Pakistani authorities to extract confessions of involvement in terrorist activities. During this period, FBI agents questioned the brothers on at least six occasions. The FBI agents did not intervene to end the torture, insist that the Pakistani government comply with a court order to produce the men in court, or provide consular facilities normally offered to detained U.S. citizens. Instead, they threatened the men with being sent to the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay if they did not confess to involvement in terrorism. The wingnuts need to keep the Koran story alive because the above reality does not comport with their moronic views. Q: Does Bush share your priorities for the country? Yes - 34% No - 61%