Mona Eltahawy & - surprise - Fran Townsend: Egypt's history of complicity with US rendition

[deminks]

Run time: 01:32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y62tcoy7Q7Q   Posted on YouTube: January 30, 2011 By YouTube Member: FiredoglakeTV Views on YouTube: 118   Posted on DU: January 30, 2011 By DU Member: deminks Views on DU: 597

 
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2011/01/29/fran-fragos-townsend-admits-we-render-to-torture-in-egypt/

(snip)

Perhaps Townsend was thinking of that other best known rendition, when we sent Ibn Sheikh al-Libi to Egypt to be tortured so he would tell his torturers–presumably people working for Suleiman–what they wanted to hear: that there were ties between al Qaeda and Iraq.

You gotta wonder whether the US would take some comfort in having the guy we outsourced torture to running Egypt.

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[PDJane]

1. This is only a surprise to Americans, I think........

Not only has the US been using egypt for extraordinary renditions and torture, the US has been supporting the 'rebels'......and talking about 'régime change.'

The tear gas cannisters are marked "made in the USA"....It's SOP.

[DeSwiss]

2. K&R n/t

[Turborama]

3. Sorry I caught this before the recommendation deadline ran out

:kick:

Mona is one of my new heroes. She's been telling truth to power all over the world: http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/