The parents of a 23-year-old American
jailed without charges in Saudi Arabia are suing the U.S. government
for what they claim was a deliberate effort to keep him out of U.S.
courts and in the hands of jailers who could abuse or torture him for
information. The family's lawyers cite last month's Supreme Court
rulings that alleged enemy combatants held at the U.S. naval base at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, can take their claims to U.S. courts. But this is
the first lawsuit filed on behalf of a U.S. citizen detained in a third
country at the U.S. government's request, the lawyers said. Ahmed Abu
Ali was arrested 13 months ago in Saudi Arabia as part of an American
anti-terrorism investigation. The U.S. government ordered the arrest
and has refused to say when or if Abu Ali would be charged or released,
the family alleged in a suit to be filed Wednesday in federal court in
Washington. [more]
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