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Europe
Belgian to come home after Guantanamo deal
2004-07-09
A Belgian man being held in Saudi Arabia is to return home following a secret deal between the Saudi authorities and the US over prisoners at the Guantanamo army base on the island of Cuba, it was reported on Thursday.
Susssssh! It's a secret, don't tell anyone!
Flemish newspaper De Morgen reported that Saudis are to exchange eight prisoners held in Saudi Arabia, including Belgian Raf Schyvens, for five Saudi members of the Al Qaeda network, who are currently imprisoned at Guantanamo. Despite the fact that it will benefit from the return of one of its citizens, Belgium did not support the US-Saudi deal. The Saudi government has an extremely poor human rights record and it is not known how the Guantanamo prisoners will be treated when they arrive back in their home country.
Most likely as heroes.
Posted by:Steve

#2  Thought he might be one of the famous "alk runners". Then again, seeing it's Saudi, he might be. This is from our friends at Amnesia International.

On 4 February, the Minister of Interior, Prince Naif bin 'Abdul 'Aziz,
announced on Saudi Arabian television that William Sampson, Alexander Mitchell
and Raf Schyvens were under arrest and that they had ''confessed'' to bombings
in Riyadh. The bombings on 17 and 22 November 2000 resulted in the death of one
man and injury to many others. The announcement was followed by film footage of
the three men showing William Sampson and Alexander Mitchell 'confessing' to
having carried out the bombings, and adding that Raf Schyvens was also involved
in one of the bombings.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-07-09 4:54:10 PM  

#1  They'll get the usual intense interrogation from Nayef's minions:

"Cake or Death?"
Posted by: .com   2004-07-09 1:16:30 PM  

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