The brother of an al-Qaida suspect who was detained by Pakistan has said he believes his brother is being held in Guantanamo Bay.
Tahir Mahmoud told Aljazeera.net that his family have not seen Tariq Mahmoud, a British national, since he was arrested in Pakistan in October. He said he now fears Tariq is being detained with more than 600 other "terrorism" suspects in the notorious US detention camp in Cuba.
| "I mean, he was arrested, we ain't seen him. Where else could he be?" |
"I have no reason to believe the Pakistani authorities when they say that my brother is still in Pakistan. They have changed their story more than once, and no one from his legal team or from the British Foreign Office have seen him which leads me to believe he is in American custody in Guantanamo Bay."
| He's not shacked up with a blonde someplace, is he? |
Tahir Mahmoud also criticised the British government for not pressing the Pakistanis on the whereabouts of his brother, and for not supplying the family with information on his detention. "I believe that if my brother was a white British man and he had gone missing whilst under arrest in Pakistan, Tony Blair would have stepped in and demanded some answers."
| "But he's not. He's a dumbass who hangs around with terrorists, and Tony Blair doesn't give a hairy communist's rectum!" |
Abd al-Rahman Siddidque, Tariq Mahmud's soliciter in Paikistan, told Aljazeera.net that confusion surrounds the whereabouts of his client.
| "I am so confused! Where am I? Have we been introduced?" |
Siddique said Pakistani intelligence officers (ISI) arrested Mahmoud on 4 October whilst he was out shopping in Rawalpindi with another British national.
| "Drop the quaint artifacts of local manufacture and stick 'em up, Mahmoud! You, too, Clive!" |
The British Foreign Office confirmed in November that a second British man was arrested at the same time as Mahmoud but has since returned to the UK.
| "Here's your ticket. Get the hell out and don't come back!" |
Mahmoud's lawyer said the first Attorney General handling the case in October had been petitioned by him to ensure that Mahmud attended the court hearing.
| Maybe he should try a hunger strike. |
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