Friends; what would we do without them?

Glenn Greenwald picked up on this but I found something more interesting than he:

Canadian Was Falsely Accused, Panel Says
After Tip From Ally, U.S. Sent Muslim to Syria for Questioning
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Arar, now 36, was detained by U.S. authorities as he changed planes in New York on Sept. 26, 2002. He was held for questioning for 12 days, then flown by jet to Jordan and driven to Syria. He was beaten, forced to confess to having trained in Afghanistan -- where he never has been -- and then kept in a coffin-size dungeon for 10 months before he was released, the Canadian inquiry commission found. (emphasis added)

Syria. Syria? Why I thought that:

Defiant Bush assails Iran, Syria at U.N
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Bush said Syria's leaders had made their country "a crossroads for terrorism" and told Syrians: "In your midst, Hamas and Hizbollah are working to destabilise the region, and your government is turning your country into a tool of Iran."

Tool of who?

You just can't make this shit up.