HA ha...
Posted on 07/11/2005 10:02:55 AM PDT by radar101
The wiry Los Angeles aspiring filmmaker was an unlikely prisoner inside a cell block that included Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's deputy, and other high-level officials of the former regime.
But after 54 days of detention, Cyrus Kar, a 44-year-old Iranian American, was released Sunday and headed to the relative safety of a Baghdad hotel outside the U.S.-protected Green Zone.
Kar, speaking to reporters, described long, frustrating days in solitary confinement with little information about his status or reason for being held. At the same time, Kar said he was well-treated while he was held and understood security concerns in war-torn Iraq.
"I don't hold anything against them for holding us," he said. "What I hold against them is they put us in a cell and forgot us."
He and his cameraman, Farshid Faraji, a freelance journalist for Iranian television and a resident of Tehran, were detained after they were found riding in a taxicab that unbeknownst to them, they said, contained 35 to 37 timers for washing machines, which can be used by insurgents to make bombs.
"I think it is probably safe to say it is not a coincidence that he just happened to get out the day before" a federal judge in Washington, D.C., had ordered the government to explain in court why it was still holding Kar, Folger said.
Mark Rosenbaum, legal director of the ACLU of Southern California, said the lawsuit will move forward until Kar is safely back in the U.S.
One high-ranking FBI official confirmed Sunday that Kar had passed a national security investigation, which is essentially tailored to identify foreign spies or someone planning sabotage. Asked why Kar remained in military custody for weeks, the official said: "One word: bureaucracy."
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Shouldn't bitch, could have been one of those "the military is purposly targeting".
They should have taken that taxi driver into custody too. I doubt he was moonlighting as a Maytag repair man.
My guess is that there were hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Kuwaitis who would have felt fortunate to meet such a fate at the hands of Sadaam.
Oh Boo-freakin-Hoo ... you poor widdle baby.
Be glad you are not getting the ultimate in torture ... panties on the head.
As for the timers in the vehicle; isnt that incriminating evidence enough??
Cant you see the cumulative evidence here? Iranians + explosive timers??
Another white feather in the ACLU's cap!
Isnt this the guy who was doing a historical film in Iraq and got picked up for having washing machine timers in his car? Documentary filmer by day, Maytag repairman by night, right? I really dont think 2+2=4 here....
It smells!
So what films has this alleged fillmaker actually made.
And frankly being a filmmaker, atleast the hollywood types, is grounds for detention in and of itself.
Today's LA Times has a 7 page article on this guy. Hear the violins.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cyrus24jul24,1,3234259.story?coll=la-headlines-california
'Is This How You Treat One of Your Own?'
By Henry Weinstein, Times Staff Writer
July 24, 2005
FACTORS:
A. L A TImes kisses the butts of " immigrants", especially wealthy ones that cleared out when the Shah was toppled.
B. L A Times is notoriously Liberal. People won't even user their paper for buttwipe.
C. Rodney King was a " Get Even" for the Times and L A area Media. They try to run LAPD. They constantly attack LAPD like it is the enemy.
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