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Iraqi sues U.S. contractors over alleged Abu Ghraib torture
Associated Press - May 5, 2008 5:14 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An Iraqi man who says he was tortured while detained at the Abu Ghraib prison is suing two U.S. military contractors.
Emad al-Janabi claims in his lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles federal court that he was abused beginning in September 2003 by employees of CACI International Incorporated and L-3 Communications Holdings Incorporated, formerly Titan Corporation.
Also named as a defendant is CACI interrogator Steven Stefanowicz, known as "Big Steve." The suit claims he directed some of the torture tactics.
Al-Janabi says he was punched and slammed into walls, hung from a bed frame and kept naked and handcuffed in his cell. He claims contractors conspired to cover up the torture by destroying documents and other information.
Al-Janabi tells The Associated Press he hopes the lawsuit will shed further light on what happened to him and other detainees.
Calls to the contractors have not been immediately returned.
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