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Muntader was released today :)

by via Faiza Al-Arji, A Family In Baghdad
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 :Muntadar talked today in his press conference about the torture he faced in the prison,He lost many of his teeth, we saw that when he was talking,
He talked about the false democracy in new Iraq, occupied Iraq.
He talked about thousands of Iraqi detainees, who are in Iraqi prisons now, due to false reports , since many years with out any charge.
He talked about the challenges facing him and his family, may be the CIA will target them.
we all are worried about his life,
But in the same time, we are proud of him,
He is a real Iraqi,
Bless you Muntadar !
Faiza
# posted by Faiza Al-Arji @ 4:11 PM

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§Iraq shoe thrower 'was tortured'
by BBC
The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush says he was tortured by senior government officials while in jail.

Shortly after his release from nine months in a Baghdad prison, Muntadar al-Zaidi demanded an apology - and said he would name the officials later.

Iraqi officials told the BBC his claims should be investigated.

His protest last December made him a hero for many Arabs. He was convicted of assaulting a foreign leader.

Initially, he was sentenced to three years in jail.

But he had the term reduced to 12 months on appeal and was released three months early for good behaviour.

'Insurgent revolutionary'

After his release on Tuesday he told journalists: "I am free again, but my homeland is still a prison."

Reuters news agency reported he was slurring his speech because of a missing tooth.

He went on to say he had suffered beatings, whippings, electric shocks and simulated drowning at the hands of officials and guards.

"At the time that Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said on television that he could not sleep without being reassured on my fate... I was being tortured in the worst ways, beaten with electric cables and iron bars," he said.

He demanded an apology from Mr Maliki and said he would name the officials who tortured him in due course.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8256525.stm
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