From the Baloch nightmare to the British "Guantanamo"
I was born in Western Balochistan. My family lives on both sides of what some people call "the border between Iran and Pakistan." The name of my village is Kohak, and it is quite close to Panjgur town of Eastern Baluchistan (Pakistan-occupied Balochistan). Kohak was originally located in Pakistan, but our villagers tell us that one day they awoke to find themselves Iranian"”the town had been given to the Shah of Iran. Nobody knows when the transfer officially took place.
New CIA Docs Detail Brutal "Extraordinary Rendition" Process
Deep among the documents released to the ACLU on Monday afternoon was a curious memo dated 30 December 2004 and directed to Dan Levin, then acting head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel. The fax cover sheet has a brief note, "Dan, a generic description of the process." The name of the sender, based at the CIA, has been obliterated.
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