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Canada had role in torture of its nationals: probe

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Canadian officials played an "indirect" role in the wrongful jailing and torture of three Canadian nationals in Syria and Egypt, an inquiry said Tuesday.
The probe, led by retired Supreme Court judge Frank Iacobucci, began in March behind closed doors to determine if the trio was mistreated abroad and whether Canadian authorities shared intelligence with their counterparts in these countries, as alleged.

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Iacobucci found that Canadian officials did not have direct responsibility for detention or abuse "that amounted to torture, as that term is defined in the UN Convention Against Torture," said a statement announcing release of the report.

But he found "that mistreatment resulted indirectly" from various actions taken by Canadian intelligence agencies and the federal police.

I think Canadians need to distance themselves from the US and their policies unless they want more problems and better still, they need to come home from Afganistan and let the US fight that war..

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