On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:39:13 GMT, "Roger Martin"
wrote:

I know you all love to keep up with world events (for the 97% of you who
dont know about things that happen outside of the USA). One of the two
Australians kidnapped by US forces in Afghanistan and then tortured in Egypt
and Cuba has finally been released and sent home to his family in Sydney
after 3 years. No charges, no apologies, even to the last his persecutors
tormented him saying he was being flown back to Egypt to undergo another
round of torture.

The poor sod has lost about half his body weight and needs drugs to
stabilise his mental condition and will need extensive help in returning to
his life.

Still it will be a field day for lawyers lining up in droves to seek multi
million dollar compensation law suits from the US.

Interestingly the Australian Government is trying to stop him/his family
from selling their story to the media, Bush's Poodle (PM Howard) is till
trying to say that he is a criminal and should not be allowed to profit from
his "crimes" - and there's me thinking that he had been kidnapped and
tortured.



What was the poor mistreated fellow doing in Afghanistan? Aid worker?
Piano player in a whore house? Opium qualitiy control tester?
Armed combatant in the ranks of the Taliban?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Gunner

"Considering the events of recent years,
the world has a long way to go to regain
its credibility and reputation with the US."
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