Lawsuit Against U.S. and Pakistan Governments for $10.4 million
Legal jurisdiction was established in the Supreme Court of Pakistan by his attorney, Mr. Chaudhry, based on the fact that Mr. Sagheer was illegally detained by the U.S. military in Afghanistan, illegally transported to Guantanamo in a U.S. military plane, and after being illegally detained at Camp Delta by U.S. forces, he was returned to Pakistan by a U.S. military plane which landed on Pakistan soil. This established a partial cause of action and jurisdiction in Pakistan. On November 3, 2003, the lawsuit was filed 3, 8 in Islamabad civil court under the law of damages and compensation against the U.S. Government for illegal arrest and unlawful detention of Mr. Sagheer charging mental shock, financial loss, physical victimization, estrangement and religious victimization for nearly one year.
His wife, six sons, three daughters, and 20 dependents were traumatized and also suffered mentally, financially and economically. He was denied legal rights under both U.S. and Pakistan laws, international laws related to human rights and POWs, and was found innocent ultimately by his accusers. The lawsuit has received extensive international media coverage. It is noticeably absent from the U.S. media and unknown to most Americans.
The Pakistan Government was also named as a defendant in the lawsuit for failing to protect a citizen from the illegal actions of the U.S. Government. When Mr. Chaudhry was questioned by the Tribunal Judges, he revealed that the FBI and CIA freely operate in Pakistan11 sanctioned by President General Musharrif12. He said the citizens of Pakistan do not support the close relationship successive Pakistan governments have had with the U.S. Government. He described how the U.S. Government utilized the Pakistan Government and its agents against Afghanistan exchanging intelligence, data, airbases, and allowing the FBI to arrest people in Pakistan. Pakistan’s military intelligence agency (ISI) supported and financed the 9/11 terrorists, Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. 11 General Mahmoud Ahmad, head of ISI, spent the week before 9/11 and several days after in high level talks in Washington D.C., and had ties and provided funds to 9/11 ringleader Mohamed Atta just months before 9/1111. The ISI-Osama-Taliban axis and the ISI links to US Government agencies such as the CIA are all matters of public record11. Michel Chossudovsky, one of the strongest voices exposing the truth and lies of 9/11, writes “this is not a ‘campaign against international terrorism’. It is a war of conquest with devastating consequences for the future of humanity.” 11
Mr. Chaudhry said the Northern Alliance has received millions of dollars from the U.S. Government, and motivated the arrest of thousands of innocent civilians in Afghanistan on the pretext they were terrorists, to help the U.S. Government justify the “war on terror”. Some Guantanamo prisoners “were grabbed by Pakistani soldiers patrolling the Afghan border who collected bounties for prisoners” 13. Other prisoners were caught by Afghan warlords and sold for bounty offered by the U.S. for Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters8. Many of the prisoners are described in classified intelligence reports as “farmers, taxi drivers, cobblers, and laborers. Some were low-level fighters conscripted by the Taliban…who couldn’t afford payments to the Taliban to avoid service…. often amounting to six months’ wages.” 14 Some of the prisoners were mentally disabled. One had a “combat lobotomy” from a battle injury and could barely say his name14. Every intelligence report from Afghanistan recommended not sending him to Guantanamo. Another questionable prisoner, “Wild Bill”, was so mentally unstable that he ate his own feces, dumped fresh water out of his canteen and urinated in it, then drank it14. “CIA, FBI and psychiatric experts ‘concluded he was insane’.” 14 More than 10% of the prisoners at Guantanamo now were determined not to be of intelligence value BEFORE they left Afghanistan and were recommended for repatriation14. “Major General Michael E. Dunlavey, the operational commander at Guantanamo Bay until October, traveled to Afghanistan in the spring to complain that too many ‘Mickey Mouse’ detainees were being sent to the already crowded facility…”14.
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Legal jurisdiction was established in the Supreme Court of Pakistan by his attorney, Mr. Chaudhry, based on the fact that Mr. Sagheer was illegally detained by the U.S. military in Afghanistan, illegally transported to Guantanamo in a U.S. military plane, and after being illegally detained at Camp Delta by U.S. forces, he was returned to Pakistan by a U.S. military plane which landed on Pakistan soil. This established a partial cause of action and jurisdiction in Pakistan. On November 3, 2003, the lawsuit was filed 3, 8 in Islamabad civil court under the law of damages and compensation against the U.S. Government for illegal arrest and unlawful detention of Mr. Sagheer charging mental shock, financial loss, physical victimization, estrangement and religious victimization for nearly one year.
His wife, six sons, three daughters, and 20 dependents were traumatized and also suffered mentally, financially and economically. He was denied legal rights under both U.S. and Pakistan laws, international laws related to human rights and POWs, and was found innocent ultimately by his accusers. The lawsuit has received extensive international media coverage. It is noticeably absent from the U.S. media and unknown to most Americans.
The Pakistan Government was also named as a defendant in the lawsuit for failing to protect a citizen from the illegal actions of the U.S. Government. When Mr. Chaudhry was questioned by the Tribunal Judges, he revealed that the FBI and CIA freely operate in Pakistan11 sanctioned by President General Musharrif12. He said the citizens of Pakistan do not support the close relationship successive Pakistan governments have had with the U.S. Government. He described how the U.S. Government utilized the Pakistan Government and its agents against Afghanistan exchanging intelligence, data, airbases, and allowing the FBI to arrest people in Pakistan. Pakistan’s military intelligence agency (ISI) supported and financed the 9/11 terrorists, Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. 11 General Mahmoud Ahmad, head of ISI, spent the week before 9/11 and several days after in high level talks in Washington D.C., and had ties and provided funds to 9/11 ringleader Mohamed Atta just months before 9/1111. The ISI-Osama-Taliban axis and the ISI links to US Government agencies such as the CIA are all matters of public record11. Michel Chossudovsky, one of the strongest voices exposing the truth and lies of 9/11, writes “this is not a ‘campaign against international terrorism’. It is a war of conquest with devastating consequences for the future of humanity.” 11
Mr. Chaudhry said the Northern Alliance has received millions of dollars from the U.S. Government, and motivated the arrest of thousands of innocent civilians in Afghanistan on the pretext they were terrorists, to help the U.S. Government justify the “war on terror”. Some Guantanamo prisoners “were grabbed by Pakistani soldiers patrolling the Afghan border who collected bounties for prisoners” 13. Other prisoners were caught by Afghan warlords and sold for bounty offered by the U.S. for Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters8. Many of the prisoners are described in classified intelligence reports as “farmers, taxi drivers, cobblers, and laborers. Some were low-level fighters conscripted by the Taliban…who couldn’t afford payments to the Taliban to avoid service…. often amounting to six months’ wages.” 14 Some of the prisoners were mentally disabled. One had a “combat lobotomy” from a battle injury and could barely say his name14. Every intelligence report from Afghanistan recommended not sending him to Guantanamo. Another questionable prisoner, “Wild Bill”, was so mentally unstable that he ate his own feces, dumped fresh water out of his canteen and urinated in it, then drank it14. “CIA, FBI and psychiatric experts ‘concluded he was insane’.” 14 More than 10% of the prisoners at Guantanamo now were determined not to be of intelligence value BEFORE they left Afghanistan and were recommended for repatriation14. “Major General Michael E. Dunlavey, the operational commander at Guantanamo Bay until October, traveled to Afghanistan in the spring to complain that too many ‘Mickey Mouse’ detainees were being sent to the already crowded facility…”14.
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