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US Training of Death Squads in Iraq? - War Is A Crime .org

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Secret <strong>US</strong> Gulfstream jets and Swedish Quisl<strong>in</strong>gsAs an former correspondent cover<strong>in</strong>g Scand<strong>in</strong>avia, and know<strong>in</strong>g the Swedish language, one canread <strong>in</strong> swedish newspapers how this man hunt works <strong>in</strong> reality. The overwhelm<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>humanity,when the government and police <strong>in</strong> this country <strong>of</strong> 'Sex, S<strong>in</strong> and Smörgåsbord' – <strong>in</strong> a blatantcrime aga<strong>in</strong>st their own laws and humanity – help <strong>US</strong> secret agents from Force 121* to carry outan expulsion and forces two victims aboard one a <strong>US</strong> Gulfstream on a Swedish airport, isoutrageous.In a documentary by Swedish TV 4, called “The broken promise”, on 17 May2004, it was shown that “the expulsion <strong>of</strong> two men – ordered by the Cab<strong>in</strong>et – to Egypt on 18December 2001, was carried out by hooded <strong>US</strong> agents. The plane booked by the SwedishSecurity Police – (SÄPO/Säkerhetspolisen/HR)– was canceled when another plane – N379P – a“Gulfstream” executive jet, was supplied by a firm* on the east coast <strong>of</strong> the <strong>US</strong>A, which worksexclusively for the the <strong>US</strong> Defense Department.Supposed Terrorist? Torture!The two men, Muhammed Al Zery and Ahmed Agiza, were alleged to have had connected toterrorist groups – both had been <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> islamic movements <strong>in</strong> Egypt. The SwedishMigration Board decided that both needed protection and granted them asylum.However, the Swedish Security Police (SÄPO), <strong>in</strong> the post 11 September 2001 climate, decidedto respond to a <strong>US</strong> request for their removal to Egypt where they could be questioned at will andby agencies whose reputation for us<strong>in</strong>g ill-treatment and torture was well established.At 11.45 am on 18 December 2001 the Swedish cab<strong>in</strong>et agreed – on the basis <strong>of</strong> SÄPO'srecommendation and “<strong>in</strong>formation from Egypt” – that the men should be expelled.. At 16.48Ahmed Agiza was apprehended <strong>in</strong> Karlstad, on the way home from a course <strong>in</strong> Swedish and afew m<strong>in</strong>utes later Muhammed Al Zery <strong>in</strong> a shop <strong>in</strong> Stockholm.They were driven to Bromma airport [normally for <strong>in</strong>land flights / HR] <strong>in</strong> Stockholm where thespecial jet, N379P*, has landed. They are taken to a room where a group <strong>of</strong> men <strong>in</strong> pla<strong>in</strong> clothesfrom the plane are wait<strong>in</strong>g– “they have their faces hooded”.Then: “The two prisoners have their clothes cut from their bodies by scissors, without their handandfoot cuffs be<strong>in</strong>g loosened. The naked and cha<strong>in</strong>ed prisoners have a suppository <strong>of</strong> unknownk<strong>in</strong>d <strong>in</strong>serted <strong>in</strong>to their anus, and diapers are put on them. They are forcibly dressed <strong>in</strong> darkoveralls. Their hands and feet are cha<strong>in</strong>ed to a specially designed harness. On the plane, bothmen are bl<strong>in</strong>dfolded and hooded… the plane takes <strong>of</strong>f at 21.49 and sets course towards Egypt”. [and torture/HR ]It is quite clear that all the people responsible for this k<strong>in</strong>d <strong>of</strong> actions <strong>in</strong> Sweden, the <strong>US</strong> <strong>of</strong>course, and all other collaborat<strong>in</strong>g countries – like the Netherlands* – have committed – and are57

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