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	Congressmen extend first U.S. apology to Arar

arifsali

10-18-2007 11:26 PM

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10-19-2007 3:29 PM

citizenbfk

After being kidnapped, tortured, held in indefinite detention for over a year with his family not knowing anything, etc. -- even after this 'apology,' he is still denied entry into the USA from Canada and on the 'Terrorist Watch list,' for airplane flights.

Gosh....I'm sorry too.

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