Members of Congress have apoligised to a Canadian who was seized in New York in 2002 by US officals and sent to Syria,where he says he was tortured.

Syrian born Maher Arar told a congressional hearing his 10 months in a Syrian jail was 'hell'.

A Canadian Government inquiry cleared him of any involvement in terrorism.
Syria denies he was tortured.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7052155.stm

My first thouht on reading the above article was,
'why send this man to Syria'?.

The Bush Administration,have Syria on its axis of evil list.
You would think that a man carrying a Canadian Passport would be sent to Canada,rather than to a country he may have fled for whatever reason.

It says in the article that he was born in Syria...perhaps he was a citizen... eh? :)

Yeah I took a risk with post 2,I have to admit.

Nice compo from Ottawa tho.