The contrasts are stark. Bradley Manning is sentenced to 35 years
imprisonment for being instrumental in letting us know what illegal
activities our governments are engaged in. On the other hand those not
only authorising, but responsible for, the illegality of renditioning are off scott-free. Not even charged!
Read this account, on CounterPunch, of one case of renditioning - and ponder the travesty of what has occurred here and no one brought to account, let alone some sort of "justice" and compensation afforded to the victim.
Read this account, on CounterPunch, of one case of renditioning - and ponder the travesty of what has occurred here and no one brought to account, let alone some sort of "justice" and compensation afforded to the victim.
"They came for Jabour at night. He was ordered by the men to turn around and face the wall, while his hands were cuffed and his legs shackled. A blindfold was fastened to his head. He was led from his cell in an Islamabad jail to a waiting van.
Jabour was then driven to an airport and marched into a bathroom, where his blindfold was removed. He was confronted by a group of Americans, talking to each other in sign language.
A doctor approached him. He took Jabour’s blood pressure and then in jected him with a drug. Jabour began to feel dizzy. A black hood was placed over his head and he was led onto a military plane. His hands were cuffed behind his back. His legs were locked to a d-ring on the floor of the plane. “I knew it was the end of my life,” Jabour said later.
This is the story of a rendition, just one account from the hundreds of men who have been snatched, tortured and dehumanized in the post-911 wars."
Jabour was then driven to an airport and marched into a bathroom, where his blindfold was removed. He was confronted by a group of Americans, talking to each other in sign language.
A doctor approached him. He took Jabour’s blood pressure and then in jected him with a drug. Jabour began to feel dizzy. A black hood was placed over his head and he was led onto a military plane. His hands were cuffed behind his back. His legs were locked to a d-ring on the floor of the plane. “I knew it was the end of my life,” Jabour said later.
This is the story of a rendition, just one account from the hundreds of men who have been snatched, tortured and dehumanized in the post-911 wars."
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