Victory
26-04-03, 21:50
US forces worse than Saddam
11:48:47 AM
Abu Dhabi, April 23 - A prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric, saying he was detained and beaten by US forces, charged Wednesday that American methods were "worse" than those employed by the regime of Saddam Hussein.
"Our arrest by the Americans was worse than the arrests that Saddam ordered against our students," Sheikh Mohammed Al-Fartusi told Abu Dhabi television.
Fartusi, whose followers said he was detained Sunday by US troops along with five other Shiites, reappeared in Baghdad on Tuesday to cheers from hundreds of supporters who had held protests for two days.
"We were beaten .. spent a night with our hands tied behind our backs," Fartusi said, adding however that an American officer did turn up and offer an apology.
"It was disgusting. Despite that none of our young men has pointed a weapon against America ... but next time, God alone knows what popular anger could lead to?"
11:48:47 AM
Abu Dhabi, April 23 - A prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric, saying he was detained and beaten by US forces, charged Wednesday that American methods were "worse" than those employed by the regime of Saddam Hussein.
"Our arrest by the Americans was worse than the arrests that Saddam ordered against our students," Sheikh Mohammed Al-Fartusi told Abu Dhabi television.
Fartusi, whose followers said he was detained Sunday by US troops along with five other Shiites, reappeared in Baghdad on Tuesday to cheers from hundreds of supporters who had held protests for two days.
"We were beaten .. spent a night with our hands tied behind our backs," Fartusi said, adding however that an American officer did turn up and offer an apology.
"It was disgusting. Despite that none of our young men has pointed a weapon against America ... but next time, God alone knows what popular anger could lead to?"