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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tahna Los: [QB] Spring 2002: A Canadian of Lebanese Descent is heading home after a business trip from London to Toronto with a stopover in New York. Once in New York, he is immediately detained because he is suspected of having links to Al Qaeda. The man insists that he is only a businessman returning from a business related venture, but is promptly arrested by police. He is held not only without proper counsel, but is denied requests to see a member of the Canadian Consulate who would attempt to iron things out. He languishes in a New York Prison where guards threaten to send him to Guantanamo Bay unless he provides information about the whereabouts of Al Qaeda Operatives he knows nothing about. He is then deported, not to Toronto where he has made his home for the last 20 years, but to Lebanon. Only then are the Canadian authorities notified. Fortunately, the man turns up at a Lebanese police station 30 days after his detention, unharmed, and pretty pissed off at the U.S. Government. He is seeking a lawsuit of unspecified damages. Summer 2002: Two Muslim men are crossing into the United States at Niagara Falls to attend a wedding in Rochester, NY. They are subsequently arrested since two men travelling in the same car must mean that they are Al Qaeda operatives (or some stupid reason like that). They are held without counsel, and like the first guy, denied any request to see a member of the Canadian Consulate. Family and friends back at home begin to suspect the worst and contact the Canadian Government. It takes two months to free both men from this mess. January 2003: [URL=http://www.thestar.ca/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035777769334&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154]I can't even begin to fathom this. Again, no access to a lawyer or the Canadian Consulate.[/URL] 1) Why Shoot First and ask questions later? 2) Whatever happened to "innocent until proven guilty?" 3) They ask for a lawyer. They aren't "unlawful combatants." But still, no lawyer? So far, the U.S. Customs are three for three. Any more suspected Canadians you would like to humiliate? Omega? First? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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