Al-Jazeera reporter to sue Bush…
An Al-Jazeera reporter who spent six years in illegal US custody is to bring legal action against the former American administration.
On Friday, The Guardian quoted the former detainee Sami al-Haj as saying that he was to sue former US president George W. Bush and other former US officials.
The action is expected to be taken through a Geneva center al-Haj is co-founding as a platform for the victims who had endured similar ordeals at the US Cuba-based detention facility, Guantanamo.
Suspecting him of being a ‘potential terrorist’, American operatives detained the Sudanese in 2001 in Pakistan. The capture took place as al-Haj was on his way to Afghanistan where he was to contribute to reports for the Qatar-based TV channel.
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