May 17, 2012 — -- Nearly a decade after a German man claimed he was abducted, spirited to Afghanistan and beaten in a secret CIA-run prison, lawyers for Khaled El-Masri appeared in a European ...

The lawsuit charged that former CIA Director George Tenet violated U.S. and universal human rights laws when he authorized agents to abduct Mr. El-Masri, beat him, drug him, and transport him to a ...

The lyricist is named Ayman al-Masri, 52. ... All Syrian people, especially in Homs, were forced to turn to weapons," says Raed al-Khalid, 34, a former high school soccer teammate of the singer.

Al-Masri wound up writing all of the singer's some 130 chants and songs, including this one. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) ... Here's his childhood friend and former teammate, Raed el-Khalid.

The lyricist is named Ayman al-Masri, 52. ... All Syrian people, especially in Homs, were forced to turn to weapons," says Raed al-Khalid, 34, a former high school soccer teammate of the singer.

In 2003, the Macedonian police arrested Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen vacationing in their country. They handed the unfortunate man over to the CIA, who shipped him off to one of their ...

Almost two decades ago, the CIA abducted and tortured Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen whom the intelligence service mistakenly believed to be a terrorist. He is still suffering from the ...

Al-Masri wound up writing all of the singer's some 130 chants and songs, including this one. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) ... Here's his childhood friend and former teammate, Raed el-Khalid.

Ayman al-Masri wanders through the remains of his old home, where he first met Sarout, in Homs, Syria, on Feb. 1. ... All Syrian people, especially in Homs, were forced to turn to weapons," says Raed ...

The lyricist is named Ayman al-Masri, 52. He is largely unknown within Syria, despite the popularity of his songs. Before the revolution began, Masri sold car parts and owned a cake factory.When ...

The Syrian soccer player Abdel Basset Al-Sarout became the poster child for the Syrian revolution with his iconic protest anthems. In death, he has become its saint. But he didn't do it alone.

Al-Masri wound up writing all of the singer's some 130 chants and songs, including this one. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) ... Here's his childhood friend and former teammate, Raed el-Khalid.