Time mag names Maher Arar top newsmaker of 2004 (Canada issue)

According to the Canadian edition of Time magazine, the Ottawa man sent from New York to a Syrian prison on allegations of links to terrorism was this country's top newsmaker in 2004.

Syrian-born Maher Arar was detained while in a new York airport back in September 2002, on suspicion of involvement with the al Qaeda terror network.

He was then deported to Syria, where he was allegedly tortured before his release last year.

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Instead Arar, who has a modest home in Ottawa, has stepped into the spotlight, emerging as a vocal proponent of human rights in Canada, a symbol of how fear and injustice have permeated life in the West since 9/11."

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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1103475914757_1/?hub=TopStories

(It is always interesting to see how Time differentiates between Canada and the US, one showcases the terra'ist, bush' and the other a man who was labeled a "terrorist" and sent to Syria.)

in the US. It sounds like it might be a worthwhile magazine in Canada, not the Bush fluffer waste of paper it is in the US.