From the BBC:
Iraq shoe thrower ‘was tortured’
“The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush says he was tortured by senior government officials while in jail.
Shortly after his release from nine months in a Baghdad prison, Muntadar al-Zaidi demanded an apology - and said he would name the officials later.
(snip)
After his release on Tuesday he told journalists: “I am free again, but my homeland is still a prison.”
Reuters news agency reported he was slurring his speech because of a missing tooth.
He went on to say he had suffered beatings, whippings, electric shocks and simulated drowning at the hands of officials and guards.”
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I’m not surprised that Muntadar al-Zaidi claims he was tortured in prison. I am surprised that he lived through his sentence and was released early. There was so much popular support over his shoe throwing that I figured he’d have some sort of “accident” while in prison.
Posted by Vixen as News at 11:15 PM CDT