Reply #98: Tripoli military commander who was renditioned and tortured meets British rep

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From The Guardian's Live Blog:

Tripoli's military commander, Abdul Hakim Belhaj, today personally demanded an apology from a senior British official for the first time since learning that MI6 had allegedly played a role in his rendition to Libya seven years ago, Martin Chulov reports.

Belhaj, whom the CIA sent to the Gaddafi regime seven years ago after seizing him at Bangkok airport, met with Britain's special representative in Libya, Dominic Asquith.

Belhaj's spokesman described the meeting as "civilised", but said Asquith had declined to apologise, citing the Gibson inquiry, which is investigating the MI6 claims, which emerged from an archive of correspondence between Libyan spies and MI6 found in a ransacked spy headquarters in Tripoli.

A diplomatic source in Tripoli said: "The special representative said that we take these claims very seriously and explained that last year the PM set up the Gibson inquiry to examine whether the security services were involved in the improper treatment of detainees overseas, including rendition. He told Belhaj that the inquiry has announced that it will look carefully at these latest allegations."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/sep/08/gaddafi-won-t-leave-libya-live-updates#block-35








Inside one of Gaddafi's torture cells
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2030931/Libya-Inside-Gaddafis-torture-chamber-The-bloodstained-cells-inside-primary-school-used-brutalise-enemies.html