Mahmud Ali Hussein remains bitter at his detention by US forces which inadvertantly caused him to lose all his limbs when they were blown off in an attack on the American convoy transporting him to the prison.
"Never -- I will never forget that the Americans made me this way," he said.
In October 2005, as Iraq's violent insurgency was reaching its peak, he was detained by American troops while he was in his father's garage in Fallujah. Along with 10 others, he was taken to Abu Ghraib. He was freed in June 2006.
"The American soldiers treated prisoners brutally," the 35-year-old said, seated in his wheelchair. "Even the sick were tied to their beds, and when prisoners were transferred to different sites, their hands and feet were chained together." Read more.
No comments:
Post a Comment