Tuesday, April 05, 2011

The US is hosting a most notorious Lebanese master-terrorist/torturer

This is a discussion about a most notorious Lebanese Forces master-terrorist/assassin/torturer by the name of Ghassan Tuma.  Look how light-hearted the discussion is:  "At the close of the meeting, Ja'Ja and Khoury asked the Ambassador to look into the case of Ghassan Touma, the chief of Lebanese Forces intelligence during the civil war. Ja'Ja said that Touma is living in the U.S. but has no legal status. He cannot take airline flights because he is on a TSA no-fly list, according to Ja'Ja. Touma was convicted of war crimes in a Lebanese court in 1993, so he cannot return to Lebanon. Ja'Ja and Khoury disputed reports that Touma had tortured prisoners during the civil war, which they said came from Canadian intelligence. "He sometimes did only what was necessary to take confessions...but he is not that type," said Ja'Ja, adding that Touma was held to standards of conduct, "as if this were Switzerland." Khoury unhelpfully added: "Sometimes there is accidental torture, but I don't think Touma did it." The Ambassador said he would look into the case, but emphasized he could not make any guarantees."