| Gee, and we didn't even ship him to Gitmo. |
A Syrian chauffeur and translator kidnapped in August in Iraq with two French journalists intends to sue his American liberators for maltreatment, the French daily Le Parisien reported yesterday.
| That problem's easy enough to solve. Put him back where they found him... |
Mohammad Al Jundi was held and interrogated by US Marines for eight days following his liberation on November 11 in the city of Fallujah. During that time, he claimed, he was maltreated and threatened with death. He was also not allowed to contact his family, his attorney or his consulate, nor was he permitted to be examined by a doctor after being held by radical Muslims for three months.
| Maybe because he didn't need one? I seem to recall he had a sleek and healthy glow about him when released. |
Following his interrogation, the Marines dropped him in the streets of the war-ravaged city without shoes or papers, Al Jundi said.
| I'm sure his Muslim buddies came to the rescue. |
Al Jundi has entrusted the lawsuit to an attorney in Paris, where he now lives with his family. His brother-in-law, Ali Merhebi, said the legal action would target US President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld, and future Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The suit is to be filed early next week, Le Parisien breathlessly reported. Al Jundi was kidnapped with French journalists Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot on August 20 by a group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq. US Marines found Al Jundi when they took Fallujah, but the two French journalists chose to remain in the hands of their abductors. |