The Torture Career of Egypt's New Vice President: Omar Suleiman and the Rendition

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The Torture Career of Egypt's New Vice President: Omar Suleiman and the Rendition to Torture Program
By Stephen Soldz
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Torture-Career-of-Egyp-by-Stephen-Soldz-110129-181.html

In response to the mass protests of recent days, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has appointed his first Vice President in his over 30 years rule, intelligence chief Omar Suleiman. When Suleiman was first announced, Aljazeera commentators were describing him as a "distinguished" and "respected " man. It turns out, however, that he is distinguished for, among other things, his central role in Egyptian torture and in the US rendition to torture program. Further, he is "respected" by US officials for his cooperation with their torture plans, among other initiatives.

Katherine Hawkins, an expert on the US's rendition to torture program, in an email, has sent some critical texts where Suleiman pops up. Thus, Jane Mayer, in The Dark Side, pointed to Suleiman's role in the rendition program:
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Side-Inside-Terror-American/dp/0385526393/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1296347655&sr=8-1

Stephen Grey, in Ghost Plane, his investigative work on the rendition program also points to Suleiman as central in the rendition program:
http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Plane-Rendition-Torture-Program/dp/B002ECEUSU/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1296350988&sr=1-1

Suleiman's role in the rendition program was also highlighted in a Wikileaks cable:
http://cablesearch.org/cable/view.php?id=05CAIRO5924&hl=EGIS

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1. Wow! Sounds like Mubarak is going to let Sueiman do the ugly.