Abou Elkassim Britel is a citizen of

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who is reported to have been transported through the

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' controversial

extraordinary rendition Extraordinary rendition is a euphemism for state-sponsored Kidnapping, forcible abduction in another jurisdiction and transfer to a third state. The phrase usually refers to a United States-led program used during the War on Terror, which had t ...

program. Abou was first apprehended in Pakistan, in February 2002, who handed him over to American authorities. Abou was flown to Morocco in May 2002, and remains in

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there. Abou joined with four other men, Bisher Al-Rawi,

Binyam Mohamed Binyam Ahmed Mohamed (, , born 24 July 1978), also referred to as Benjamin Mohammed, Benyam Mohammed or Benyam Mohammed al-Habashi, is an Ethiopian national and United Kingdom resident, who was detained as a suspected enemy combatant by the US Go ...

, Ahmed Agiza and

Mohamed Farag Ahmad Bashmilah Mohamed Farag Ahmad Bashmilah (born 1968) is a citizen of Yemen who is reported to have been a subject of the United States' controversial Extraordinary rendition by the United States, extraordinary rendition program. mirror The American Civil L ...

, to sue the Jeppesen Dataplan a company with a contract with the US government to run the fleet of jets used in the extraordinary rendition program. Marc Ambinder, commenting in the ''

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'' explained the

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was opposing the men

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, on the grounds doing so would expose techniques that would put the USA's

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at risk.

References

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