1.26.2007

unintended consequences?

NY Times:

Canada will formally apologize on Friday to software engineer Maher Arar, who was deported to Syria by U.S. agents after Canadian police mistakenly labeled him an Islamic extremist, and offer him C$10 millioncompensation, according to media reports.

Arar...says he was repeatedly tortured during the year he spent in Damascus jails...

The affair tarnished the reputation of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and strained Canada's relations with the United States, which has kept Arar on a security watch list even though Ottawa insists he has no links to terror groups. [emphasis added]


I suppose this is a reasonable stance to take. After all, if Mr. Arar didn't harbor strong anti-American sentiments before, he almost certainly does now.

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