Mr. Mamdouh Habib an Australian citizen was kidnapped apparently by the CIA and held for four years in Pakistan, Afganistan, Guantanamo Bay and Egypt.  He was repeatedly tortured during the period and was forced bo make a number of confessions which he has now recanted.  "I just repeated what they wanted me to say" he explains.

Mr. Habib was finally released without charge in January 2006 after a request by his government.  Click here to read his story on the BBC World Service.

The Bush Administration has defended its right to torture "enemy combatants."  This story reminds us that under torture, anyone will say anything to make the pain stop.  We wonder if torture has not be the "source" of our various Orange and Red terrorist alerts. 

Posted on Tuesday, April 4th, 2006 at 8:43 pm in National News.