Reuters: Canada to probe cases of trio jailed in Syria

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Canada to probe cases of trio jailed in Syria

By David Ljunggren
41 minutes ago

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Stunned by revelations of police incompetence in the case
of a Canadian man deported to Syria, the government launched an investigation
on Tuesday into claims by three other men who say they were tortured in Syria
because of information provided by Canadian authorities.

The inquiry could further damage the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which was
savaged by an official probe in September for falsely telling U.S. authorities
that Canadian software engineer Maher Arar was a suspected Islamic extremist.

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Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day told reporters the new investigation would
look at what had happened to Ahmad El Maati, Abdullah Almalki and Muayyed
Nureddin.

The trio -- who all have Canadian citizenship -- were investigated by the
Mounties and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service spy agency after the
September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.

The three were arrested separately when entering Syria and say they were
detained, tortured and interrogated in the same building in Damascus. All say
the questions they were asked could only have come from Canadian authorities.

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