RCMP Apologizes to Falsely Accused Man

[Judi Lynn]

RCMP Apologizes to Falsely Accused Man
By ROB GILLIES
Associated Press Writer

September 28, 2006, 11:34 PM EDT


TORONTO -- The head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police apologized Thursday to Mahar Arar, a Canadian who claims he was tortured in Syria after the U.S. sent him there based on false accusations by the RCMP.

The Syrian-born Arar was exonerated of all suspicion of terrorist activity earlier this month by a commission of inquiry into his case, which urged the Canadian government to offer him financial compensation. Arar is perhaps the world's best-known case of extraordinary rendition -- the U.S. transfer of foreign terror suspects to third countries without court approval.

In the RCMP's first public comments since the inquiry report was released, RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli told a House of Commons committee he is "truly sorry" for the RCMP role in Arar's ordeal.
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Justice Dennis O'Connor's inquiry report found that the RCMP sent unfair and inaccurate intelligence reports about Arar to the United States.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-canada-torture-case,0,755888.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[GetTheRightVote]

1. in our nation he would never get that apology, torture is ok here

:kick:

[keopeli]

2. Truthfully, I can't imagine what would have happened were he an American.

Do you think that this fellow would have been released if there were no intervention? The reason they couldn't hide him is because the Canadians knew he existed - they actually turned him in.

Not good.

[ShockediSay]

4. He'd be tortured, convicted and silenced for life under yesterday's law

What ever happened to the freedoms of the innocent?

[filer]

3. How could we have known he was innocent...

unless we tortured it out of him?
:sarcasm: