Posted on 01/04/2005 1:37:46 PM PST by LibWhacker
PARIS - Muhamed al-Jundi, the Syrian driver of two French journalists taken hostage in Iraq in August, filed suit at a Paris court Tuesday alleging torture and mistreatment by the US army.
“The suit is against members of the US armed forces in Iraq who were guilty of mistreating me, who tortured me, who threatened to kill me,” he said.
Jundi, 47, was captured with reporters Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot on August 20 south of Baghdad and found in a house in Fallujah on November 12 when US troops invaded the city. The two Frenchmen were released on December 21.
The driver is a member of the Baath party of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. He is represented by a veteran lawyer, Jacques Verges, who has made a name for taking on controversial cases.
Verges said that Jundi has the right to present the suit at the Paris courts because after his release he was flown out of Baghdad under French protection.
Announcing his intention to file suit last month, Verges said his client was beaten by the US troops who found him at Fallujah.
He said Jundi was tortured with electric shocks and subjected to mock executions by the US soldiers.
In press conferences after his release Jundi made no mention of his alleged mistreatment.
He told AFP that he had put off the decision to file suit in order not to endanger the lives of Chesnot and Malbrunot while they were still held hostage.
boo hoo...........LIAR LIAR LIAR STINKING LIAR LIAR LIAR... CREEPY LIAR.....DIRTY ROTTEN LIAR.......boy how come some of these article remind me so much of Lawrence "the insane" O'Donnell
They should have beheaded him so we wouldn't have to listen to his whining.
Gee.......I would like to see this happen. Gutless wonder I wonder what french lawyer talked him into this.
This is what happens when you have an MSM that treats every little threat or panties on the head as "torture" and "war crimes". These terrorists are quick to pick up on that and they will use it every time they get a chance. May our MSM rot in He**.
Can't believe it. We rescue him, and he runs to France and sues us!
Takes his case to frogland,. Where else? What does he have for proof , except his word. Which as a Saddam Hussein Baathist isnt worth a plugged nickel.
I forgot to add that as a cab driver for the two French journalists he probably delivered them to the terrorists on orders.
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