Syrian rendition row deepens as lawyer claims case not isolated - 28 Dec 2005 - World News

Syrian rendition row deepens as lawyer claims case not isolated - 28 Dec 2005 - World News: "Syrian rendition row deepens as lawyer claims case not isolated

28.12.05 4.00pm
By Colin Brown and Jerome Taylor

The lawyer of a man who claims he was taken to Syria by the CIA and tortured said yesterday there were other examples of similar cases.

His remarks sparked renewed demands for a full inquiry into 'extraordinary rendition' in the UK.

Lorne Waldman, the human rights lawyer representing Maher Arar, said it was 'ridiculous' for the US Ambassador to London, Robert Tuttle to deny any renditions by the US of terrorist suspects to Syria had taken place.

Mr Tuttle denied there was evidence of a rendition to Syria, but the US Embassy in London later issued a 'clarification' admitting there were reports of one case involving Mr Arar.

'The case of Mr Arar is too public for someone to claim they are not aware of it,' Mr Waldman said on BBC radio.

'To suggest as the US ambassador did that they were not aware of the case is ridiculous.' The lawyer said other suspects had also been shipped for torture by the CIA to Syria. "