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Syria to Charge Canadian Over ’Terrorist’ Links
A Canadian citizen who was controversially deported to Syria last year by U.S. agents will soon be charged in Syria with belonging to a "terrorist organization", Canadian officials said on Tuesday. Mohamed Arar -- who also holds a Syrian passport -- was deported from New York's John F. Kennedy Airport last October, prompting a protest to Washington from Ottawa. Memo to "terrorists"; don't be carrying passports for countries you don't want to be deported to. "He will be formally charged by the Syrians with being a member of terrorist organization (which) we believe to be the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood," a Canadian official told Reuters, saying the charge would be laid "in the near future". Bet Gitmo is looking real inviting about now. Arar was arrested on Sept. 26 as he was changing planes on his way back to Canada after a trip to Tunisia. Also check those airline tickets, direct flight and non-stop flight don't mean the same thing. Posted by: Steve 2003-04-29 |
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