Australians Saw Habib Tortured (at Guantanamo), Says Officer

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Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Australians saw Habib tortured, says officer
Natalie O'Brien
February 13, 2011
EXCLUSIVE

DAMNING evidence from an Egyptian intelligence officer that names an Australian official who witnessed the torture of Sydney man Mamdouh Habib in Guantanamo Bay has been revealed as the trigger for a hushed-up government payout to Mr Habib and a high-level investigation.

The explosive 840-word statement, released exclusively to The Sun-Herald, was shown to government solicitors three days before they suddenly paid Mr Habib an undisclosed amount to drop his lawsuit claiming Australia was complicit in his CIA-engineered kidnap in 2001, transfer to Egypt and subsequent torture.

In his statement, which is yet to be tested in court, the intelligence officer says Egyptian guards routinely filmed terrorism suspects in their jails. He says there is footage and photographs of Mr Habib and an Arabic-speaking Australian called George who witnessed his degradation.

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''He (Habib) was naked of any cloths (sic) even his underwear. He was hysterical, almost crazy, drugged. The hand down of him and his belongings and the medical check was before the Australian official . Habib constantly was fighting with the guards and wanted to escape outside.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/australians-saw-habib-tortured-says-officer-20110212-1aran.html

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

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2. recommend

[Hissyspit]

3. The Overthrow of Mubarak...

"The statement from the intelligence officer was taken by Mr Habib's Egyptian lawyer, Hisham Mahmoud Ramadan, who told Mr Habib yesterday that the overthrow of the Mubarak regime would make it easier to get more information about his torture."

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[Swagman]

5. a pack of utter disgraceful , creepy and ultimately dangerous lot..

Keelty, Richardson, Howard, Ruddick. Bastards every one of them.

Denis Richardson-the creep who said all Aussies should give up their freedoms to protect themselves from terrorists.

This from a man who fed the WMD lies to the government that resulted in the deaths of so may Iraqis.

All the Australian security agencies are run by cowboys.

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