Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Rashid Rauf acquitted of terror charges
RAWALPINDI: A British man of Pakistani origin implicated in this summer’s foiled trans-Atlantic terror plot was on Wednesday acquitted of terrorism charges.
But Rauf, A UK citizen,was arrested and apparently tortured by Pakistan as mentioned in earlier blog entries to appease Musheraff and the US without good reason. The BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad says the judge's decision has reinforced the already widespread scepticism there about the airliner plot. As I pointed out then, that plot looked like total rubbush set up by Bush and Musheraff to suit their interests. Rashid Rauf, a Briton, has been moved from an anti-terrorism court to a regular court, where he faces lesser charges such as forgery. A Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Judge, Justice Safdar Hussain Malik, passed orders on November 21, 2006, approving his judicial custody in the Adiala jail. This could rule out his early transfer to the British Police for interrogation.
Under the joint anti-terrorism mechanism recently set up by the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan, India should also request the Pakistani authorities for permission to interrogate him on the LET training camp in Bahawalpur. If Pakistan refuses to co-operate, the international community should be informed about it.
As Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed has pointed out, there's been precious little serious discussion of any of the Rashid Rauf case in the British press during the past few months. Blair's recent visit to Pakistan was apparently part of a concerted effort to break a deadlocked struggle for an extradition treaty . But no treaty and now the Brits seem obliged to support Pakistan torture camps and Madrassas to the order of a further few hundred million pounds - perhaps a billion pounds. Detailed account under "Tony Blair Makes a Donation -- to a Government including an International Terrorist".
IMO: Yet again the UK and its taxpayers is facing the bill of murder and torture to no apparent advantage to its citizens or anybody else. Why should Toady B. Liar be publically humiliated yet again by foreigners. Surely that can be done well enough back home in the UK ?
But Rauf, A UK citizen,was arrested and apparently tortured by Pakistan as mentioned in earlier blog entries to appease Musheraff and the US without good reason. The BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad says the judge's decision has reinforced the already widespread scepticism there about the airliner plot. As I pointed out then, that plot looked like total rubbush set up by Bush and Musheraff to suit their interests. Rashid Rauf, a Briton, has been moved from an anti-terrorism court to a regular court, where he faces lesser charges such as forgery. A Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Judge, Justice Safdar Hussain Malik, passed orders on November 21, 2006, approving his judicial custody in the Adiala jail. This could rule out his early transfer to the British Police for interrogation.
Under the joint anti-terrorism mechanism recently set up by the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan, India should also request the Pakistani authorities for permission to interrogate him on the LET training camp in Bahawalpur. If Pakistan refuses to co-operate, the international community should be informed about it.
As Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed has pointed out, there's been precious little serious discussion of any of the Rashid Rauf case in the British press during the past few months. Blair's recent visit to Pakistan was apparently part of a concerted effort to break a deadlocked struggle for an extradition treaty . But no treaty and now the Brits seem obliged to support Pakistan torture camps and Madrassas to the order of a further few hundred million pounds - perhaps a billion pounds. Detailed account under "Tony Blair Makes a Donation -- to a Government including an International Terrorist".
IMO: Yet again the UK and its taxpayers is facing the bill of murder and torture to no apparent advantage to its citizens or anybody else. Why should Toady B. Liar be publically humiliated yet again by foreigners. Surely that can be done well enough back home in the UK ?
# posted by uv : 8:10 PM
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