Another Iraq Prison Cited in Lawsuit
Tuesday May 4, 2004 10:46 AM
By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER
Associated Press Writer
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Canadian civilian says in a lawsuit that he was tortured by U.S. troops in Iraq and saw Iraqi prisoners suffer even worse mistreatment, the latest allegations of human rights abuses to surface against coalition soldiers.
Hossam Shaltout, 57, claims in a suit filed with the U.S. Army Claims Office on April 30 that he was beaten after being taken to the Camp Bucca detention center shortly after the launch of the U.S.-led invasion.
``I saw Iraqis tortured more than I was. They did unspeakable things to Iraqis,'' Shaltout said Monday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Shaltout's allegations coincide with a larger scandal involving alleged mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq. Photos made public last week apparently showed U.S. soldiers humiliating Iraqis at the U.S. Army-run Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
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