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Empathy is the bridge that opens up to the other side
PETROFILM.COM EUROPE
Information and Interpretation
from a European Perspective
Información e Interpretación
desde una perspectiva Europea
EUROPE-USA
A TRANS-ATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP
UNA COLABORACIÓN TRANSATLÁNTICA
EMPATHY RESPECT DIGNITY
EMPATÍA RESPETO DIGNIDAD
Harald Dahle-Sladek
Founder and Editor-in-chief
Fundador y editor en jefe
To contact the Editor-in-chief with questions, comments and inquiries about lectures or consultations, please e-mail us at haroldsworld@petrofilm.com
Oslo, Norway
歐洲分析與解釋
אמפתיה כבוד כבוד
ניתוח, מידע עם פרספקטיבה אירופית
تجزیه و تحلیل ، اطلاعات از یک چشم انداز اروپایی
АНАЛИЗ ИНФОРМАЦИИ С ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ
ИЗ ЕВРОПЫ
דיאלוג עכשיו ДИАЛОГСЕЙЧАС
DIALOGUENOW
Institute for Empathetic Dialogue formation
and Conflict Resolution, Oslo Norway.
Instituto para la formación del Diálogo Empático y Resolución de Conflictos, Oslo Noruega
عزت احترام به همدلی یکپارچه سازی
The Foreign Ministry Tehran
Creating dialogue and common ground
with the Islamic republic of Iran 1998-2022.
ایجاد گفت و گو و زمینه مشترک با ایران 1998-2022
Updates from
Washington, D.C.
Denmark
Danske Bank Pleads Guilty to Fraud on U.S. Banks in a Multi-Billion Dollar Scheme to Access the U.S. Financial System.
Largest Bank in Denmark Agrees to Forfeit $2 Billion.
Danske Bank A/S (Danske Bank), a global financial institution headquartered in Denmark, pleaded guilty today and agreed to forfeit $2 billion to resolve the United States’ investigation into Danske Bank’s fraud on U.S. banks.
According to court documents, Danske Bank defrauded U.S. banks regarding Danske Bank Estonia’s customers and anti-money laundering controls to facilitate access to the U.S. financial system for Danske Bank Estonia’s high-risk customers, who resided outside of Estonia – including in Russia. The Justice Department will credit nearly $850 million in payments that Danske Bank makes to resolve related parallel investigations by other domestic and foreign authorities. Continues further down.
Switzerland
Glencore International AG
Entered Guilty Pleas to Foreign Bribery and Market Manipulation Schemes. Swiss-Based Firm Agrees to Pay Over $1.1 Billion
Glencore International A.G. (Glencore) and Glencore Ltd., both part of a multi-national commodity trading and mining firm headquartered in Switzerland, each pleaded guilty today and agreed to pay over $1.1 billion to resolve the government’s investigations into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and a commodity price manipulation scheme.
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ANALYSIS INFORMATION FROM A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
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Harald Dahle-Sladek Editor-in-Chief Location Oslo, Norway
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CLICK ARIAN BAND IRAN'S WORLD FAMOUS MUSIC GROUP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbGPAw5Az0U
Top Iran leader posts Trump-like Golfer image, vows Revenge.
The Twitter account of Iran's Supreme Leader on Friday carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump appar-ently being targeted by a drone, vowing revenge over the killing of general Quasem Soleimani in a U.S. drone attack.
Click Ayatollah Khamenei at the front line during the Iraq-Iran War
Khamenei: a man for his words
CLICK: REVOLUTIONARY GUARD YOUTH MARCHING
The post carried the text of remarks by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in December, in which he said "Revenge is certain", renewing a vow of vengeance ahead of the first anniversary of the killing of top military commander General Qasem Soleimani in the attack in Iraq. "Those who ordered the murder of General Soleimani as well as those who carried this out should be punished. This revenge will certainly happen at the right time," Khamenei tweeted on December 16, without naming Trump, who had ordered the strike. Tehran military parade.
Click: Iranian general Quasem Soleimani's daughter
Click: The Revolutionary Guard's Corps
THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
CLICK: PETROFILM.COM AT FRIDAY PRAYER IN TEHRAN
Seal of the Foreign Ministry
Oslo Military Society 2007
From U.S. Dollars to a Bascet of Curriencies
Manouchehr Mottaki interviewed by Editor-in-Chief
Dahle: - Your Excellency Mottaki, Iran is shying away from trading in US Dollars. Why is that?
Mottaki: - Central Bank Governor Valiollah Seif said last week that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had welcomed his suggestion of replacing the dollar with the euro in foreign trade, as the “dollar has no place in our transactions today”. I believe this has been a good decition by the Central Bank Governor.
Dahle: -I understand that Iran is relying on a basket of currencies, such as the Euro and the Yen.
Mottaki: -Tehran has been trying for years to move away from the dollar, although much of the country’s international trade is still conducted in dollars and ordinary Iranians use them for travel and savings.
Dahle: -I understand. Bank transactions involving the dollar are already difficult for Iran because legal risks make U.S. banks unwilling to do business with Tehran. Foreign firms can be exposed to sanctions if they do Iranian deals in dollars, even if the operations involve non-U.S. branches.
Mottaki: -France will start offering euro-denominated credits to Iranian buyers of its goods later this year to keep its trade out of reach of U.S. sanctions, the head of state-owned French investment bank Bpi-France said in February. The threat of U.S. sanctions has destabilized Iran’s foreign exchange market in recent month
Dahle: -Khamenei on Wednesday blamed foreign enemies for the “recent issues in the currency market” and asked Iran’s intelligence services to defuse the plots against the Islamic Republic. Police spokesman Saeed Montazer al-Mahdi was also quoted by ISNA saying that 39 currency exchangers have been arrested “for disrupting the market” and 80 unlicensed currency exchange shops have been shut down in recent days.
Two Foreign Ministries with totally opposing views lead to the biggest industrial scandal for Norway after the War. Norway was thrown out of the Islamic Republic in 2003, after the deafening STATOIL bribary case was revealed for the entire world to watch. But it didn't stop there (Read my analysis of the case: END GAME TEHRAN) Norway was thrown out of China as well and had to crawl back on it's knees and appologize to the Chinese leaders, one-by-one.
Foreign Minister Jan Pettersen (2001-2005): A man with a fist!
The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo
Disrespectfulness towards Iran quickly lead to big schism. Having had contact with oposition groups to Iran, Oslo played on both sides of the street, which angered Tehran immensely.
Seal of the Foreign Ministry
Shortly after, due to the Statoil bribery case, the relation between the two parties soured . Although the period of Ambassador Shirazi was a good one and the bilateral trade was strengthened, it ended on a sour note. Photo C)2003 Harald Dahle-Sladek
Iran’s Ambassador to Oslo and former Governor of Shiraz, His Excel-lency Noghrehkar Shirazi is seen here leaving the Head-quarters of the National Iranian Oil Company NIOC after the completion of the last meeting on minister level between Norway and Iran in May 2003.
Last Minister meeting National Iranian Oil Company NIOC
May 27, 2003
The Iranian side to the right, Norwegian side to the left. From right to left, Mr Talebian Head of the NIOC Protocol Departrment, woman in black speaker for Minister of oil Mr. Zangeneh, Mr, Zangeneh as number three, and Ambassador Noghrehkar Shirazias number four. Photo(C)2003 Harald Dahle-Sladek
IRAN
The Iranian Embassy Oslo, 2002
November 9, 2002. Producer, director of the Vision of Iran dialogue films Harald Dahle to the left is seen here with Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Ahani center, later Ambassador to Paris, and Ambassador Noghrekar Shirazi in thge first floor reception room in the Iranian Embassy in Oslo. Harald Dahle was part of the Persian Carpet seismic project (PC2000) from 1998-2003 which mapped the coast of Iran with six seismic vessels from Hendijan in the North to the Oman Sea in the South.
Ambassador Noghrehkar Shirazi, right, proudly displays the DVD video cassette containing the Vision of Iran filmed dialogue talks that Harald Dahle had in done in Tehran. Shirazi to Dahle, "Maybe you do the work that the Norwegian Foreign Department should have done twenty years ago!" Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Ahani center. Photo by Deputy Head of Mission Mr. Rezvani.
AN INDIGNANT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
Ambassador Noghrekar Shirazi to the Editor-in-chief:
"My be you do the job they (the Norwegian Foreign Ministry) should have done twenty years ago!"
The Iranian Embassy Oslo. From left Harald Dahle-Sladek, Ambassa-dor to Paris Ali Ahani, Ambassador to Oslo Nogrehkar Shirazi. Picture by Deputy Head of Mission Rezvani.
Foreign Ministry Tehran
Seal of the Foreign Ministry Tehran
HE Noghrekar Shirazi
TEHRAN'S AMBASSADOR TO OSLO 2000-2004
Interviewed December 8, 2003 in the Iranian Embassy Oslo
Ambassador Noghrekar Shirazi
interviewed by Harald Dahle
Editor-in-Chief: Before you came to Oslo in 2000, you had been Ambassador to Vienna in Austria, right?
Ambassador Shirazi: Yes, I was Ambasador for two periods, eight years, and both of my children were borne in Vienna. The time there was a happy time filled with good memories. We have three Iranian Ambassadors to Vienna. One at the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, one at the United Nations and one at the Embassy.
Editor-in-Chief: Ambassador Shirazi, regarding Oslo, why have the rules for dialogue between the Iranian Embassy and the Norwegian Government been changed. According to Mr. Rezvani, your Deputy Head of Mission, I understand that such an agreement recently has been taking place?
Ambassador Shirazi: The Norwegian Government wants that negotiations between the two sides shall not include third party, in other words only direct negotiations is possible.
Editor-in-Chief: Yes, but clearly the way dialogue has taken place up til now did function very satisfactory for both sides for many years, so why this sudden demand for a change?
Ambassador Shirazi: The other side did not see it that way. One wanted to be sure that information and point of views only reached the negotiating parties. We have no objections to that, although we found the new arrangement somewhat unnecessary and limiting. We believe that an open and free dialogue give the best result.
Editor-in-Chief: How do you view the situation for Iran at the present moment?
Ambassador Shirazi: I am deeply concerned.
Editor-in-Chief: Why is that?
Ambassador Shirazi: The threat of an attack from the Jewish State; the situation for the people of Palestine and the growing tensions between the United States and Iran. Alle these elements together create an atmosphere of uncertainty.
Editor-in-Chief: What about the Norway-Iran relations? They also seem a tad gloomy at the moment.
Ambassador Shirazi: The Nobel Peace Prize to Shirin Ebadi is viewed as a destabilizing factor between the two sides. We don't like the present development. It ads to a year long dissatisfaction between the Norwegian Foreign Department in Oslo and our own Foreign Ministry in Tehran. Oslo wanted to play on both sides of the street, have good contacts with opposition groups to Iran, and at the same time develop a good relation with Tehran. Naturally, we are not very happy about this. But now we see an opportunity to mend old ties and develop strong relations, and we are eager to do just that.
Editor-in-Chief: We had a meeting on July 7, and on July 9 this year the Iranian Embassy, were we are sitting right now, was attacked by people hostile to the present regime. Could you please tell us what happened?
Ambassador Shirazi: They tried to break through the front door and almost succeeded in doing that. It was terrible, they shouted nasty words towards me. The police came and treated the mob as friends. One policeman put his arm around one of the angry demonstrators just as a father would do to his daughter. The protection of our Embassy was laughable, and we have filed a protest. Also, we have film of the whole break in. By now our front door has been much strengthened. The mood in the Embassy was gloomy and we seriously considered to call everything off. As you know, I have a weak heart and was brought to hospital for a short period.
Editor-in-Chief: On July 2, Your Excellency, Deputy Head of Mission Mr. Rezvani and myself had meeting were we discussed the negative response of the Norwegian Foreign Department to my work in the Islamic Republic. Would you care to make a comment on why there is such a negative attitude?
Ambassador Shirazi: They observe that you run faster than them and manage to get in on a high level, and this angers them enorm-ously, it seems.
Editor-in-Chief: On November 19 last year, there was a dinner here in the Embassy were Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Ahani with two other representatives from the Foreign Ministry in Tehran was present, together with yourself Ambassador Shirazi, and Mr. Rezvani. I was also invited. My Vision of Iran Dialogue Films came up as a subject. Could you, Ambassador Shirazi be so kind and to tell us what kind of vision you see for the people of Iran?
Ambassador Shirazi: I hope that the relations between Norway and Iran will increase. Both people want peace and prosperity, and I seriously believe that Norway can contribute to a better situation for our people, especially in the oil and gas sector, but also in other areas such a food, agriculture and technology. This is the start of a marriage and there are lots of opportunities for both sides.
Editor-in-Chief: Thank you Ambassador Shirazi.
Seal of the Foreign Ministry
AMBASSADOR ALI AHANI
The Foreign Ministry was Indignant.
In 2000 Norway finally entered the Islamic Republic of Iran. Then, the Foreign Department in Tehran had waited for twenty years or more wondering why Norway, with its specialized deep-water technologies, had not come and helped Iran to build the South Pars project, and other offshore and onshore projects.
Harald Dahle, "When I arrived the Foreign Department in Tehran in April 2002 the mood was somber, to say the least. Ambassador Ali Ahani was angry. The Norwegian Foreign Department had for years played on both sides of the street cultivating contacts with opposition groups to Iran, like the Mujahidin Kalk MEK. The attitude from the Norwegians had been cordial, but stiff, and had not reflected the greatness in the Iranian culture and its people. Tehran was very hurt."
Dahle-Sladek: -With regards to Norway and Iran relations Ambassador Ahani, I notice some slight irritation on your part, why is that?
Ali-Ahani: -In fact, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Norway have many opportunities. In addition to the economic and industrial cooperation we have oil and gas. I would like to emphasize the importance for us to finalize the oil and gas projects in the South along the Persian Gulf, as well as in the Caspian Sea. Norway and Iran are two important oil producing countries and can cooperate and coordination in the world oil market and stabilize oil prices, which would be in the interest of both oil producers and oil consumers.
Dahle-Sladek: -You mentioned that the Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Pettersen's visit to Tehran was a kind of watershed. Could you please explain that?
Ali-Ahani: In fact, in the past years, our relations lacked the sufficient momentum to further expand our relations. And in fact, compared to other countries in Europe, our relations with Norway were lagging behind. The visit of your Foreign Minister to Tehran show the firm determination of your country for the expansion of the relations with Iran. And certainly, there is such a political will and enthusiasm on the part of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran!
Dahle-Sladek: -Thank you Dr. Ahani.
Foreign Ministry Tehran April 2002. Ambassador to Europe and America Ali Ahani center and Harald Dahle-Sladek right; translator to the left.
Seal of the Foreign Ministry Tehran
DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Adeli: Difficulties should be settled as a non-armed conflict
Interview with Hussein Adeli Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs in the Foreign Ministry Tehran April 2002. Adeli was the former Governor of the Central Bank, Ambassador to Tokyo and Ottawa. He was interviewed by Editor-in-Chief Harald Dahle-Sladek in the Foreign Department in Tehran.
Seyed Hossein Adeli and Harald Dahle-Sladek Editor-in-Chief of Petrofilm.com in Adeli's office the Foreign Ministry Teheran April 2002.
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In April 2002 and in May 2003 the Editor-in-Chief had several meetings in the Foreign Ministry in Tehran. There I met with Dr. Hossein Adeli, Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs who was busy, but was very generous and took time off to talk with me. Adeli’s diplomatic career progressed through his appointment as Iranian Ambassador to Canada in 1995.
Iraq and Afghanistan
At the end of his term in 1999, Adeli was nominated as Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs and the chairman of the Coordinating Council for Foreign Economic Relations until 2004. During these years, Adeli initiated two special committees for Reconstruction of Afghanistan and Reconstruction of Iraq through a series of multilateral arrangements, and filled the role of Secretary General for both committees.
Ambassador to United Kingdom
As his last official post, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary Pleni-potentiary of Iran to the United Kingdom. At his time, he along with John Curtis and several others lobbied with Iranian Government to borrow 80 items for a new exhibition named "The Forgotten Empire".
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TEHRAN
Seyed Hossein Adeli, PhD.
Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs, Tehran
The Success of the United Sates in Afghanistan also comes as the Active Support from Iran. A Golden Opportunity for Washington to better its relations with Tehran went out of the Window. Harald Dahle reports.
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Adeli: "Great disappointment!" Dahle: "Frustration was high."
INTERVIEWED APRIL 2002
THE SUCCESS OF
THE UNITED STATES
IN AFGHANISTAN ALSO COMES AS THE ACTIVE SUPPORT FROM IRAN
Revolutionary icon Khomeini, Leader Khamenei
A GOLDEN OPORTUNITY
for Washington to better its relations with Teheran
went out of the window!
CLICK PICTURE PLAY VIDEO
Dr. Adeli explains Iran's view regarding Afghanistand and the U.S.
Dr. Adeli: "Great disappointment!"
This interview was conducted in Dr. Hussein Adeli's office in the Foreign Ministry in Tehran. It was the first of two meetings that Harald Dahle had with Dr. Adeli. The first was in April 2002, and the second meeting was held in May 2003.
During the interview made in April of 2002 it became quite clear to the Editor-in-Chief, that the rejection of the United Sates to appreciate what Iran had done for the country in Afghanistan, neither did not sit well with the upper echelon of the Islamic Republic of Iran, nor was it well received by the Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs. This would have been a Golden Opportunity for the United States to better the relations with Iran, but in wain. Washington was not ready to hand Tehran a firm handshake.
Dahle: -Tehran has sent an invitation to Washington for a meeting and better the relations between the two sides. I understand that the United States has rejected this initiative. How do you view the current relations with the U.S. after this disappointment?
Adeli: -Well, actually our relations with the West in general has improved a lot during the last, may be four, five years.
Dahle: -Yes.
Adeli: -Specially with the policies that have been followed by President Khatami, Dialogue among Civilization, the Rule of Law, the Principles of Civil Society, the elimination of tensions between Iran or other countries, the elimination of misunderstanding. All of these policies have been seriously followed by Iran in its Foreign Policy and has contributed to the relations with all countries except the United States. And with the West in general we have been able to exchange delegations on the level of Foreign Minister and head of Governments.
Dahle: -Aren't the operations of the United States in Afghanistan very much based on the early assistance from Iran?
Adeli: -But with the United States, it is unfortunately to see, that even developments in Afghanistan, which owes a lot to understanding and effective assistance from Iran, has not, I believe, been able to penetrate into the hearts or the minds of decision makers in the United States.
Dahle: -Without the help from Iran in Afghanistan, you say that the United States would not have been where they are now?
Adeli: -I think that there is no doubt, even in the American eyes, that what we now see in the situation in Afghanistan owes a lot to Iranian assistance, Iranian understanding. The military success of the United States owes a lot to understanding and appreciation from Iran, and also the political process in Afghanistan owes the same thing.
Adeli: -And may be that was a very unique opportunity for the United Sates to reciprocate these kinds of understanding, and to seize and stop those kinds of policies that are pursued by them, in the past couple of decades. But apparently there is still not a very strong sign from that side.
Dahle: -Iran has friendly relations with many countries in the world, so why not also with the United States?
Adeli: -Off course, the general policy of Iran is to have friendly relations with every country in the world, including the United States, provided that this kind of relationship would be based on an equal footing, on a mutual beneficial sort of relationship. So, this is why I think that, as the policies of the United States, which are normally a unilateral policy, we hope that one time they would join the other countries of the West and developing countries, and would join that kind of understanding of Iran. That the developments in the region would open their eyes, and that they would adopt a new policy towards our country!
Dahle: -Thank you Dr. Adeli.
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Seal of the Foreign Ministry
Interviewed by the Editor-in-Chief April 2002 in Tehran
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Harald Dahle-Sladek
Editor-in-Chief
Editor-in-Chef: Ambassador Khorram, you have had a fascinating time in the Peoples Republic of China for four years in a time when the country went through great transition from Communist Era to a modern Market oriented Era. Could you please tell us about your experiences in this regard, thank you.
Ambassador Akli Khorram: Yes, certainly. And as you mentioned it was indeed a time of great changes. In 1982 when I arrived in China I understood that Mr. Deng Xiaoping was keen to open the country to the outside world. In that respect he wanted to develop the politcal system in China, so I think he initiated Free Zones, lor Special Economic Zones in China. In that respect Chaiman Deng wanted to prepare, or develop a similar system to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao.
Editor-in-Cief: Was that a realistic view, you think?
Ambassador Ali Khorram: People started to build new cities in new areas. Near Hong Kong, they built the area of Shenzhen - and in that time around 1982 it was just a small village - but already after just a few years that area was expanding and growing. In front of Macao, the Chines built Hainan island which developed very quickly into a fantastic area. Also in front of Taiwan China built Xiamen economic zone. Mr. Deng Xiaoping tried to use these special econiomic zones in Chinese definition, as new places of transformation from a Communist social system to a Market oriented system.'
Editor-in-Chief: Thank you Ambassador Khorram for your excellent in-depth analysis.
CLICK: WELCOME TO THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
FBI AGENT LEVINSON
THE ROBERT A. LEVINSON KISH ISLAND IRAN CASE
By the Editor-in-chief
If you enter the lions quarter in a zoo, and the lions eat you, can we then say that the lions kidnappet you?
Kish Island Iran
When you are a former FBI Agent and enters Kish Island of the Islamic Republic of Iran you are on the same shallow level as with the mediocrity of the US Intelligence in Dubai, as I have experienced it in 2002. You simply do not know what you are talking about. In combination with an absolute disregard for the capability of the Iranian Intelligence Service.
Mr. Levinson was a fool to consider even remotely entering Kish, where I myself have spent six weeks on three different occasions between 1998 and 2002 taking part in two seminars, visiting the TOTAL supply base and had dialogue with many Iranian dignitaries whom I met with again later in Tehran.
CLICK TOTAL FINA ELF SUPPLY BASE
Kish Island University of Kish 2001, from left Reza Saheri Contract Director at MJF Engineering and Harald Dahle Editor-in-chief showing his Vision of Iran Dialogue Film Concept.
Harald Dahle's working card in Iran
Mr. Levinson was not "Kidnapped" as this below poster suggests. He freely, arrogantly and stupidly entered the Lion’s den as an Exclusive Enemy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, no less. What else can you expect! Total fiasco! The ongoing US media hype of this case underlines the collective factitious disorder in the American psyche with regards to the Islamic Republic of Iran today. When will you folks wake up? (Read my article, The Islamic Republic of Iran already have nuclear strike capability)
Before criticizing other countries the United States should look more into it's own extraordinary rendition activities, also called irregular rendition or forced rendition It is the government-sponsored abduction and extrajudicial transfer of a person from one country to another with the purpose of circumventing the former country's laws on interrogation, detention, and torture. Recent renditions have been carried out for example by the United States government .
New documents released by the CIA have revealed details about the detention of Khalid al-Masri, a German-Lebanese man mistaken for an al Qaeda member in 2003. He is yet to be given compensation or an apology from the US. Other documents released by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have also revealed the Kafkaesque details of one of the most notorious cases of mistaken identity in the CIA's extraordinary rendition program during the hunt for al Qaeda.
Khalid al-Masri, a German-Lebanese man, living at the time in the southern German town of Neu-Ulm, was arrested on the border between Serbia and the FYR of Macedonia on December 31, 2003, only because - as was confirmed by the US Senate in 2014 - he shared a name with an al Qaeda suspect.
Macedonian authorities held him in a hotel in Skopje for three weeks before he was handed over to CIA agents, who then flew him to a secret prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, in late January 2004.
The newly released report signed off by CIA Inspector General John Helgerson in 2007 shows that he spent four months being interrogated, humiliated and mistreated, before he was eventually released in Albania in May 2004 and "clandestinely returned to Germany," as the report put it. Though the German government was informed then of his detention, according to a "Washington Post" report, the US asked it not to disclose any of the details.
Thank you.
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