Iraqi Journalist Tells of U.S. Captivity

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi journalist who stayed in Fallujah to report on the battle for his hometown says he and hundreds of other civilians who eventually turned themselves in to escape the violence suffered tough, sometimes humiliating, treatment from American and Iraqi guards.



Abdul-Qader Saadi said he was subjected to multiple searches and interrogations; went unfed the first two days; was blindfolded and handcuffed; and had to sleep for days in a wooden cage buffeted by cold winds at a desert detention camp.


Saadi, who has reported part-time for The Associated Press since early in the year, also complained of having to strip naked for a medical examination by doctors he didn't know, a humiliating experience for an Arab.


"This was really painful," he said Tuesday, several days after his release on Sunday.

more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041123/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_fallujah_detention&cid=540&ncid=1480

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Apparently

the US forces are treating the Iraqi people like they are all criminals. They haven't learned anything about Muslim/Arab culture, or if they have, they have ignored it. Don't they know how many millions of people they are alienating around the world?

[Maat]

2. Thanks for the link.

I got more information about what was going on in Iraq there than in 25 mainstream newspaper stories.

[KingChicken]

3. The U.S. treats everyone like rats, this country is gull of hate.

We hate because we are too stupid to understand that the world is indeed inhabited by other human beings that may not be like us, a difficult concept for many to grasp in the U.S. today.