MI5 & the Torture & Rendition of British Guantanamo Detainee

Report on the British High Court ruling (21 August 2008) that MI5 colluded in the illegal detention, torture and rendition of British resident Binyam Mohamed, currently detained in Guantanamo Bay.

An MI5 officer interrogated Binyam Mohamed while he was being illegally held in Pakistan on behalf of the USA in 2002. Binyam was then "rendered" to Morocco, where he was tortured, which included having his genitals cut with a razor blade. From Morocco, the USA flew him to Afghanistan and then transferred him to Guantanamo Bay in September 2004. Binyam is the last remaining British resident in Guantanamo Bay.

Report in The Guardian, 22 August 2008:

In their ruling, the British judges found that MI5 "continued to facilitate" the interviewing of Mohamed at the behest of the US even after he was secretly flown out of Pakistan. It did so, they said, by providing information to America although its officers "must also have appreciated" he was being detained and questioned in a facility which was "that of a foreign government". That government is believed to be Morocco.

The judgment contains two particularly stinging passages. The judges said Witness B worked with the US "to the extent of making it clear to [Mohamed] that the United Kingdom government would not help [him] unless he cooperated fully with the United States authorities". They added: "The relationship of the United Kingdom government to the United States authorities in connection with [Mohamed] was far beyond that of a bystander or witness to the alleged wrongdoing."

More info:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/22/uksecurity.guantanamo
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[Darusdei]

what is the number one killer of men at the moment?

what are my chances of become a victim of terrorism?

ridiculous...

[oclandestin]

@Darusdei ... Why don't you answer your own questions? What is the number one killer of "men" at the moment? It's not terrorism. And what are your chances of becoming a victim of terrorism? Not much at all. Is that you were getting at?

[wilsonnortheast]

As a man you are more likely to die from a car accident, heart disease, suicide as a result of depression, murder by one of your freinds or family members, get hit by a car or other vehicle, be beaten to death with in a alcohol fueled fight, by shot/murderred by a criminal. All of these are more likely then a "terror" attack.

[oclandestin]

@wilsonnortheast ... Thanks for the common sense : )

[orlandobabe]

@oclandestin Fuck prejudice! This is just ignorance and paranoia, a form of a Salem Witch hunt. What we point at people who are not christians or catholic and look like Islam or muslim and shout out 'Terrorist!' and then that person is hauled away and tortured. This is another example of our stupidity.

[Darusdei]

@oclandestin, rhetorical question.

[oclandestin]

@roac7777 ... And now for additional idiocy (sad in someone of your age), you are going to be blocked. I've wasted enough of my time on you already.

[oclandestin]

@roac7777 ... If you have a prejudice against Islam, then you'll inevitably have a prejudice against the people who practise it. You're a bigot and a hypocrite and very, very ignorant. You're the only one showing "contempt of the free west" by totally disregarding the values that make it "free". If you think "our security forces" advocate torture, detention and the death penalty without trial then you are a very confused man.

[roac7777]

@oclandestin Additional: By the way I have every respect for just law and life, which obviously these vile Islamic terrorists do not have. You are nothing but a whore for terrorism, with your condescending whinging about how these scum go about their killing.

[roac7777]

@oclandestin Thats right I do have a prejudice against Islam but not all muslims, just because they are muslim.

Nothing wrong there as far as Im concerned. There is a difference between prejudice without and the same with good reason, I am the latter.

I care not for your contempt of the free west. You are nothing but an apologist for Islamic terrorism, by trying to undermine the work that our security forces have to put up with.

You hate the west so go live in Saudi or Iran.