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> An Arab with flight experience carrying false >identification papers running to Canada after 9/11. OH >the charges were dropped and he was released after a >magistrate said he was denied due process. Now the >Penatagon and the WTC are destroyed and an Arab with >flight experience is carrying false papers. I'd say >that's pretty good probable cause. DAMN BUSH !!! If he >didn't procrastinate about them military trubunals,the >guy would have been tried and executed by now,showing >the rest of the world we were serious. But really >think about it,is it any different thewn when the >Ayatolla Roomeeny took hostages in Iran--Hey you >bastards--how do you like it---Hey screw em. Bush >screwed up they should have been executed just on >general principal ( ie: becuase they were allah >worshipping, date eating, 7-11 managing ,women >beating--mofos). I've lost some respect for Bush, he >should have taken every one of em down to the Florida >keys,took em out in the Gulf,threw them off a coast >guard cutter and told them to swim back to mecca, with >a liberal tied to each arm !!!! > > > > >>An Algerian man believed to be the last domestic >>detainee still in custody from a national dragnet >>after Sept. 11 — and who was cleared of links to >>terrorism in November 2001 — was set free this week, >>his lawyer said Friday. >>Benemar Benatta, 32, went to Ontario, Canada, where he >>is seeking political asylum, after being released from >>a Buffalo immigration lockup Thursday, attorney >>Catherine Amirfar said. >> >>"After five years, he had become all but hopeless," >>she said. "Now he's cautiously optimistic." >> >>Benatta was among 1,200 mostly Arab and Muslim men >>detained nationwide as potential suspects or witnesses >>in the investigation following the terrorist attacks. >>The government has refused to discuss their fate, but >>human rights groups have said they believed the former >>Algerian air force lieutenant was the only one still >>in custody. >> >>Heather Tasker, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney in >>Manhattan, refused to discuss Benatta's release, which >>was first reported by The Washington Post. >> >>U.S. officials agreed to release Benatta after the >>Canadian Consulate General's office in Buffalo granted >>him temporary residency, according to court papers >>filed Wednesday in New York. >> >>The last detainee's odyssey began Sept. 5, 2001, when, >>after overstaying a six-month visa, he crossed the >>border near Buffalo to seek asylum in Canada. After >>the Sept. 11 attacks, his background as a Muslim man >>with flight experience prompted Canadian officials to >>turn him over to U.S. authorities. >> >>He spent the next six months in solitary confinement >>in a federal jail in Brooklyn. Though the FBI >>concluded he had no links to terrorism, he was >>eventually charged with carrying false identification >>— a case that was dropped after a federal magistrate >>found his right to due process had been violated. >> >>The magistrate wrote in a 2003 decision that Benatta >>had been "undeniably deprived of his liberty," and >>"held in custody under harsh conditions which can be >>said to be oppressive." >> >>Despite the ruling, immigration officials kept him in >>custody in Buffalo while he appealed a deportation >>order and renewed his quest for asylum based on a >>claim that, as a military deserter, he would tortured >>or killed if he returned to Algeria. >> >>A United Nations human rights group that studied the >>case noted that most asylum seekers are released >>pending the outcome of their cases. >> >>"The imprisonment Mr. Benatta has endured has been a >>de facto prison sentence," the U.N. group wrote in >>findings made public in March. "In no way can the >>simple administrative offense of having stayed in the >>United States after his visa had expired justify such >>a disproportionate sentence."
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