| Chris F.A. Johnson 2004-11-23, 8:27 am |
| canceled article <30grl8F30ul7bU1@uni-berlin.de>
said that the
* abduction was directly to blame for Mexico's increased concerns about
* national sovereignty.
Of course, that's no reason not to check our U.S. borders.
We never learn:
# "CIA Suspect's Prosperous Clan Reacts Angrily to Arrest in Pakistan"
# By Kenneth J. Cooper, The Washington Post, June 22, 1997
...combined with...
# "Spiriting Off Fugitive By U.S. Irks Pakistanis"
# By John F. Burns, The New York Times, June 23, 1997
#
# Mir Aimal Kansi, who was wanted for killing two CIA employees and wounding
# three others in an attack outside their Langley headquarters, was
# transported from Pakistan within hours of his arrest.
#
# Leaders of minor political parties in the capital have taken up the issue,
# criticizing the national government for ignoring its own extradition laws
# and permitting a foreign country to haul off a Pakistani citizen without
# giving him a court hearing as provided by law.
#
# "Of course, we are angry," said a video store owner.
#
# Pakistani newspapers have described the swift transfer as a loss for the
# nation's prestige and the rule of law. The Lahore News said, "any person
# who is sought by a foreign power, no matter what his crime, must have the
# right to expect normal extradition proceedings before being whisked away
# from his homeland."
#
# In the Kansi case, the government ignored a 1972 extradition law that
# requires a Pakistan citizen to be given a hearing before a magistrate
# and the chance to appeal to higher courts.
#
# A prominent Pakistani, Hamid Gul, a retired army general who is a former
# director of Pakistan's military intelligence agency, has said he will
# challenge the Government's action in the Pakistan Supreme Court.
#
# When Pakistan demanded that a Pakistani Air Force pilot seized in New York
# in April on heroin-smuggling charges be
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