A Syrian detained in Canada for links to Osama bin Laden offered, if released, to find a Jewish American lesbian to live with as a demonstration of goodwill. Hassan Almrei, detained in solitary confinement for three years, is fighting deportation to Syria, where he says he faces certain death.
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