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Posted on 05/22/2012 10:53:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Salameh Kaileh, 56, was arrested April 24 on suspicion of printing leaflets calling for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad, who is fighting a 15-month-old uprising against his rule. Kaileh's story offers a rare inside glimpse into the conditions faced by detainees held by the country's feared security services.
"It was hell on earth," Kaileh told The Associated Press on Sunday, nearly a week after Syrian forces released him and deported him to Jordan. Speaking at his friend's home in an Amman suburb, Kaileh had bluish-red bruises on his legs, which he said were the result of beatings with wooden batons that were studded with pins and nails...
Born in Birzeit, West Bank, Kaileh has suffered under the regime in Damascus before. He was imprisoned by the Syrian government in 1992 for eight years because of his alleged links to underground Syrian communist and leftist opposition groups. A well-known leftist, he has written books on subjects ranging from Marxism to Arab nationalism.
This time, he was held in at least four detention centers after security forces arrested him at his home in Damascus, the Syrian capital where he's lived for more than 30 years.
Kaileh denied printing the leaflets, which he said angered the regime because they read: "For Palestine to be free, Syria's regime has to fall."
Syria often has touted its support of the Palestinian cause to boost its credentials as a bastion of Arab nationalism.
Kaileh's detention caused an outcry by Arab intellectuals, who called for his release and lashed out at Assad -- whose crackdown has not spared other intellectuals and artists.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
G’night, this time for sure.
Well, the choices are not optimum: Syrian Alawhite whackos, Muslim Brotherhood, or Commies.
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Yeah, but did they waterboard them and make them put ladies’ underwear on their heads?
Then why is this person still alive.
LOL I cant quick laughing at the pompousnicity.
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As long as they keep shooting at each other, they’ll need ammo.
;’) Waterboarded ‘em, but without the water — just used boards.
Just thinking of what should have happened cheers me right up, thanks!
Shortage, I guess. Did they take the nails out of the boards?
He’s wearing no band-aids, so I guess, yup.
Needless to say; this is not 'news' by MSM MO. Our media; thoroughly Pravdadized - in manner of speaking.
Can only say; when 'evil' wins; and rules. . .and when 'useful idiots' enable; horrible things happen. And not easily undone. (Wake-up America. . .)
After all; this is essentially the workings of a Marxist/Islamic totalitarian ideology. It is what Totalitarians; by whatever name; cause, do; when 'push' comes to shove.
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