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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 03:08 AM
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CBC: U.K. resident held at Gitmo alleges Canadian involvement in torture
Allegations are emerging that a Canadian might have been involved in the torture of one of Britain's last remaining residents at Guantanamo Bay.

Binyam Mohamed, 31, claims to have been tortured after being arrested in Pakistan in 2002. And he alleges that Britain was complicit in the torture and Canada may have also had a role in his rendition.

Mohamed was flown to Morocco after his arrest and interrogated. He alleges that after refusing to speak with Americans, a third-party intermediary, who called herself "Sarah, the Canadian," was brought in.

Zachary Katznelson, Mohamed's lawyer, shared sections of a diary his client says kept during the ordeal.

"If you don't talk to me, the Americans are getting ready to carry out torture," Mohamed wrote that Sarah told him. "They're going to electrocute you, beat you and rape you."

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Katznelson said Mohamed's legal team has asked Canadian officials about Sarah's identity but a reply has never been received.

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/06/sarah-canadian.html
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