Canadian's testimony about torture not allowed in Bush assassination plot

[Judi Lynn]

Monday, November 7th, 2005
Canadian's testimony about torture not allowed in Bush assassination plot trial

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A Canadian man who says he was tortured into false confessions by Saudi authorities will not be allowed to testify at the trial of a man accused of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President George W. Bush, a judge ruled Monday.

Lawyers for Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, an American on trial for numerous terrorism charges, had hoped testimony from William Sampson and another man would bolster Abu Ali's contention that he was tortured into a false confession.

Abu Ali, 24, confessed to the Saudis in July 2003 that he joined al-Qaida while enrolled at a Medina university. He told them he was motivated by his hatred of the United States for its support of Israel and that al-Qaida asked him to establish a terror cell in the United States.

He now says he falsely confessed only after being whipped and beaten by the Saudi security force known as the Mubahith.
Defence lawyer Khurrum Wahid said the testimony of the two men, Briton Ron Jones and Sampson, was necessary to counter claims by Mubahith officials that they do not mistreat prisoners.
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http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=9612

[SpiralHawk]

1. BushCo can't handle the truth -- getting out to the people

"Catapult the propaganda" - George AWOL Bush

[NYC Liberal]

2. Ah yes, if the evidence (re: facts) don't agree with what you're saying,

just get it so they can't be heard. How typical.