A US citizen detained in Beirut on accusations of overseeing torture and murder at a southern Lebanese prison during Israel’s occupation of the region has been spirited out of the country by helicopter. Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) #USAF Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey landed at the#US embassy in #Beirut, #Lebanon and left 10 minutes later. He was accused of overseeing the notorious Khiam prison, where human rights groups say hundreds of opponents of the occupation underwent torture and at least 10 people were killed. Lebanon court orders release of US citizen accused of torture Read more“He was granted assurances from high-ranked officials in Lebanon that the charges were dropped,” Atallah said. “We are very grateful to the Lebanese government for working with us and we are very proud of his family,” Trump said on Thursday.

Source: The Guardian March 19, 2020 18:58 UTC