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Iraq-Jordan
Frauds Try to Exploit Iraq Abuse Scandal
2004-05-10
Hat tip: Brothers Judd. EFL.
We beat 'em to it, though. We ran it yesterday...
The scandal over abuse at Abu Ghraib is bringing out the stories, from people fearing for imprisoned relatives, from former detainees who claim mistreatment -- and from possible frauds looking to exploit the uproar. . . . Fallujah native Abdul-Qader Abdul-Rahman al-Ani, his left elbow wrapped in bandages, his right forearm bound in a cast, recounted how he was beaten by soldiers who picked him up last month. The soldiers tied him and two others arrested with him to a tree and sodomized them one after the other, he told journalists. "I ask President Bush," he said. "Does he agree with this?"

As Ani, 47, repeated his story, he was interrupted by Jabber al-Okaili, a member of one of the human rights groups that organized the gathering. "He’s lying," al-Okaili shouted. "He’s a liar!" Al-Ani was rushed to an office, where al-Okaili and others unwound the bandage on his left arm and found the elbow unscarred and healthy. They cut off half of the cast on his forearm, even as al-Ani insisted, "By God, it’s true, everything I say is true."
"Look! Allah has healed my arm! It is a miracle, I tell you! A miracle!"
"All his papers were forged," al-Okaili, of the Free Iraq Institute, said after al-Ani left the building. "Who knows why he did this. Maybe he was paid by former members of Saddam Hussein’s regime."

"There are people who try to exploit the situation," said Adel al-Allami, of the Human Rights Organization of Iraq. "We have to be very careful and very precise in our facts. This is a very sensitive issue."
Posted by:Mike

#2  This one reminds me of the so called "American" Iraqi who was kidnapped, supposedly last week. His brother and mother, (crying hysterically for his release, albeit dry-eyed), claimed he worked for the Pentagon and was kidnapped by the bad guys. Story stunk from the beginning...the brother told the press that the Arab news network called him and told him his brother had been kidnapped. Also, the Pentagon knew nothing of this story. I'm waiting for the family to demand compensation from someone for something...
Posted by: jawa   2004-05-10 9:52:55 PM  

#1  How many of these people appeared on news shows such as 'Good Morning We Hate America'?

"All his papers were forged," al-Okaili, of the Free Iraq Institute, said after al-Ani left the building. "Who knows why he did this. Maybe he was paid by former members of Saddam Hussein’s regime." Or ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN/BBC/....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-05-10 9:54:09 AM  

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