Abandonment of Habib is a tale of shame
Alan Ramsey; 7/6/08
Mamdouh Habib is the Sydney bloke who came to Australia from Egypt 24 years ago, married the daughter of Lebanese migrants, fathered four children, became an Australian citizen and opened a cleaning business and a coffee shop in Lakemba. He spent years under surveillance by Australian security, travelled to Pakistan in July 2001, was picked up there three months later, flown secretly to Egypt by the Americans for “interrogation” in November 2001, transferred in chains to the US military’s Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba in May 2002, and released and flown home in January 2005.At no time was Habib, a devout Muslim, ever charged with anything.
Tags: Australia, Guantanamo Bay, Habib, Terrorism, USA