Monday, December 05, 2005

Rendition

Rendition: The abduction of suspects who are taken to countries where they can be questioned outside the protection of US law.

"The British government is guilty of breaking international law if it allowed secret CIA 'rendition' flights of terror suspects to land at UK airports, according to a report by American legal scholars. Merely giving permission for the flights to refuel while en route to the Middle East to collect a prisoner would constitute a breach of the law, according to the opinion commissioned by an all-party group of MPs, which meets in parliament for the first time today." -Guardian Unlimited Dec 5

It comes as no surprise that Phoney Blair would allow the Bush regime to use UK airports for nefarious purposes. But is it possible that the same activity is taking place in Canada? Tell me it isn't true.

A mysterious Twin Otter plane owned by a suspected CIA front turned up in northern Ontario this fall, raising unanswered questions about why it was there. It's the latest twist in a perplexing saga of aircraft controlled by apparent shell companies of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Flight data obtained by The Canadian Press indicates the DeHavilland DHC-6-300 aircraft landed in Sault Ste. Marie in early October after taking off from Michigan's Jackson County Airport. From there, the 22-seat turboprop made a short trip to an airport just southwest of the hamlet of Bar River.
An airport official, who asked not to be named, said he does not discuss planes that use Bar River out of respect for customers' privacy. "I suggest you don't pursue this any further. -
Toronto Star Dec. 5

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