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Ex-Qaeda trainer says FBI 'tortured' him in Pakistan
 A former Al Qaeda military trainer freed from prison on Saturday has alleged that the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) tortured him during interrogation on Pakistani soil.
"That's right. Pulled the eyes right out o' me head, they did!"
"Ummm... You've got eyes."
"I borrowed 'em fer this interview. I gotta give 'em back." |
Talking to Daily Times after being freed from Peshawar prison along with Syed Abdullah Hashmi, Abdul Karim, an 85-year-old from Jordan, said that he had been handed over to the FBI soon after his arrest and he had spent four months with his face covered with a cloth.
"And who's this one, Jones?"
"Abdul Karim, sir!"
"Dang, that sucker's ugly! Put a bag over his head!"
"Yes, sir! With pleasure, sir!" |
I suffered various types of torture when I was with the FBI. My hands and feet were tied, Karim said, but did not elaborate on the methods of torture used on him.
"'At's right. Suffered! 'At's what I did!"
[Urp!] |
Karims claim comes at a time when Pakistan denies the presence of FBI personnel in the country and their detention centres.
| "No, no! Certainly not! It's not the FBI! It's... ummm... somebody else." |
Karim and Hashmi, who claims to be a nephew of Imam-e-Madina, were released from prison after no evidence was found to charge them under terrorism laws following their arrest four and seven years ago, respectively, from Khyber Agency near the Afghan border. The two Al Qaeda suspects were said to be close to Abdullah Azaam, alleged mentor of Osama Bin Laden.
Karim said the FBI wanted him to disclose the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden, who Karim said is a gentle human being defamed by the US. Karim said that he had given military training to Bin Laden near the Afghan city of Jalalabad in 1983-84 when the US-backed jihad against the Soviet occupation was in full swing. Jihad against the US is illegitimate unless an Islamic state is established and an ameerul momineen orders jihad, Karim said to a question. Karim speaks good Pushto and Urdu and said that he did not want to return to Jordan because he wanted to live happily with his family in Pakistan. Karim has married a Pakistani woman and has two children from her.
Posted by: Fred 2007-06-03 |
