L.A. Man Detained In Iraq Sues U.S.==WaPo

[Demeter]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/08/AR2006070800914.html?referrer=email


L.A. Man Detained In Iraq Sues U.S.
Military Officials, Rumsfeld Named

Associated Press
Sunday, July 9, 2006; A09



LOS ANGELES, July 8 -- An aspiring Iranian American filmmaker who spent nearly two months in a prison in Iraq without being charged has sued Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and other military officials, calling the government's detention policies unconstitutional.

Cyrus Kar, 45, of Los Angeles, seeks unspecified damages and major changes in the government's detention policies overseas.

The suit was filed this week in federal court by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. It is the first civil case challenging detention policies in Iraq, said Mark Rosenbaum, the organization's legal director.

When Kar was released, military officials said that he had been properly detained as "an imperative security threat" and that the matter had been handled and resolved appropriately.

[Sadie5]

1. the matter had been handled and resolved appropriately

This is their excuse for holding this man without a good reason? I hope he sues them and gets a big settlement.

[FormerOstrich]

2. I read this guys story awhile back...

I don't remember all the details but I remember it was outrageous. They put him through the mill. I hope he wins!!

[Moderator]

3. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2377332