Abdulhakim Belhaj, a key rebel military commander whose group has been trying to overthrow Gadhafi since the 1990s, reported in an interview today that he was captured by the CIA in 2004 and tortured in custody. The self-described Islamist is now a key NATO ally but insists he still hopes to take legal action for his abuse at the hands of the CIA.
Read the whole story by Patrick Cockburn at Independent
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That's the kind of some-good-might-come-of-this I've been waiting for.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend till my enemy no longer exists.
You guys keep telling yourselves that and you'll find yourselves in the reverse situation of the Libyans one day. Look, Obama seemed to have been [somewhat] the enemy of your enemy and look at where that got y'all. Seriously, you people should ask the Castro bros. or Hugo Chavez to intervene in your favor. Ha ha! Y'all need a good dose of that so you can be cured from your extreme case of stupidity.
I don't know what you're talking about, in response to my comment, but I was trying to show that one day a man is being tortured by the very same bunch that he today has received air cover. And that this man may well, and rightfully, stab you in the back for your past treachery.
Already then. Sorry if I missed that. It was right there in front of my face all along. Again, my apologies for not seeing the obvious.
Didn't he get the memo? None of the "Key Administration Officials" (especially from 2004) are ever going to be prosecuted for the crimes against humanity that they participated in or ordered. And then there was the memo stating that no CIA operative would be prosecuted because that might hinder the work they're asked to do by those same "Key Administration Officials" – nor prosecuting White House Legal "experts" who gave Bushco legal advice to fit the operative plans – might hinder those whose job it is to advise the President.
It's all BS. The reality is there are two sets of world views. There's the world view most of us live within where the rule of law prevails and those who commit crimes are prosecuted and punished appropriately. And then there is the world view for the Archons who allow us to think they are no different from the rest of us. They used to go to extremes to convince us of that particular lie. Now, they really don't care what we think as they mostly control the entire game.
there is the bully view, shut up or I will kick your teeth in no need to remind you who they are.
The poor devils are being tortured and shot at by both the CIA and Qaddafi. What a mess they're in! Wait till they all wake up and realize it. Oh, and they probably hired Soleiman, Mubarak's poodle, to pull that little job.
Oops! Sorry, y'all. I just realized that I had the audacity to condemn Qaddafi. We all know that he's the good guy here because he himself and his ever-so credible allies, Chavez & the Castro twins – told us so.
They might have laws that protect them but another president can have them changed.But its important to have this illegal treatment that goes against the geniva convention out there.America is as corrupt as any other cxopuntry in the world including Israel.