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The '''[[1995]] [[ATP Tour World Championships]]''' were held in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]] between [[13 November]] and [[19 November]], [[1995]].
'''The "Salt Pit"''' is the codename of an isolated clandestine [[CIA]] interrogation centre in [[Afghanistan]].
<br>Note: Use Google Maps to see 34.5768N 69.2905E, just north and east of Kabul, Afghanistan,<br>
and just east of the abandoned brick factory (now torn down, but still visible).
=Singles=
In the winter of 2005 the "salt pit" became known to the general public over two incidents.
==Semi-Finals==
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|Thomas Enqvist || align=center|(4-6, 7-6<sup>5</sup>, 5-7) || '''Boris Becker'''
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|Pete Sampras || align=center|(4-6, 4-6) || '''Michael Chang'''
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==Final==
== November 2002 death in custody ==
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|'''Boris Becker''' || align=center|(7-6<sup>3</sup>, 6-0, 7-6<sup>5</sup>) || Michael Chang
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The CIA case officer, on his first assignment, who was the director of this prison, directed the Afghan guards to strip a suspect naked, and chain him to the floor of his unheated cell, and leave him overnight. In the morning the suspect was dead. A post-mortem examination determined that he froze to death, although his body bore wounds showing he had also been beaten.
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The suspect was buried in an unmarked grave. His friends and family were never told what happened to him.
The "bright and eager" CIA case officer in charge of the facility was not censured. He was promoted.
== The false imprisonment of Khalid El-Masri ==
[[Khalid El-Masri]], a [[Germany|German]] citizen, was kidnapped from [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] and [[extraordinary rendition|rendered]] to [[Afghanistan]]. El-Masri shared the same name as a suspect on the [[USA]]'s [[watchlist]], and this triggered the suspicion of Macedonian authorities that he might be traveling on a [[forge]]d [[passport]].
A team of American security officials were dispatched to Macedonia, where they took custody of El-Masri without regard to his legal rights under Macedonian law. It took over two months for the [[CIA]] to take the obvious step of determining of verifying whether El-Masri's passport was legitimate. El-Masri described being beaten and injected with drugs as part of his interrogation.
==See Also==
*[[Black site]]
== External links ==
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.5768N+69.2905E&ll=34.576832,69.290493&spn=0.009718,0.023157&t=k&hl=en Google Map of 34.5768N 69.2905E] Satellite image of alleged facility
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2576-2005Mar2.html CIA Avoids Scrutiny of Detainee Treatment: Afghan's Death Took Two Years to Come to Light; Agency Says Abuse Claims Are Probed Fully] [[Washington Post]] March 3, 2005
*[http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7591918/ CIA accused of detaining innocent man: If the agency knew he was the wrong man, why was he held?] [[MSNBC]] April 21, 2005.
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/afghanistan/saltpit-imagery.htm/ GlobalSecurity.org satellite imagery of "The Salt Pit."]
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