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  • To Saddam's Prisoners, US Abuse Seems 'a Joke': Some feel past crimes have been forgotten

    05/24/2004 11:44:31 AM PDT · by quidnunc · 51 replies · 687+ views
    The Daily Star [ Beirut, Lebanon] ^ | May 24, 2004 | Gert Van Langendonk
    Baghdad – Ibrahim al-Idrissi, 37, goes to work every day with a handgun in a holster on his hip. In most countries, the line of work Idrissi is in wouldn't require such firepower. But this is Iraq. Idrissi is the president of the Association for Free Prisoners, an Iraqi non-governmental organization that has been documenting the execution of political prisoners under the regime of Saddam Hussein. Many of Saddam's torturers and executioners are still at large. There have been two attempts on Idrissi's life, and three on the organization's headquarters in Baghdad. "Fortunately, their aim hasn't been very good so...