LONDON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Two men have filed suit in Britain against a senior MI6 intelligence officer who allegedly turned them over to Moammar Gadhafi's regime, officials say.
Attorneys for Sami al-Saadi and Abdel Hakim Belhadj served papers Friday in the civil suit against Sir Mark Allen. The two men say they were handed over to Gadhafi's regime in 2004 and subsequently tortured.
Al-Saadi and Belhadj allege they were illegally detained and flown to Libya, along with their wives and children. Belhadj says his wife was mistreated, the BBC reports.
Papers found in Tripoli during the Libyan uprising bore Allen's name on them and discussed the transport of the two men to Libya, the suit contends. In a letter dated March 2004, Allen allegedly told Libyan spy chief Moussa Koussa:
"I congratulate you on the safe arrival of Abu Abd Allah Sadiq [Belhadj]. This was the least we could do for you and for Libya to demonstrate the remarkable relationship we have built over the years."
Allen has declined to speak to the BBC.
