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By Fatih Abdulsalam
October 9, 2005
Original Article (English)
Muhsen al-Khafaji, a prolific and creative
short-story writer, languishes in a U.S.-run jail in
Khafaji is just one of a long list of
prisoners of consciounce held in
But his creativity, which once
filled the pages of literary magazines throughout the Arab World, is no
longer pursing his craft, given the tragedy that has befallen him since
Khafaji is target of psychological warfare from his jailers, and is subject to very harsh conditions, according to eyewitness detainees that have since been released.
The eyewitnesses say that his only crime
was that he provided false information to two Japanese journalists at the
start of the
Therefore, in
What a great accusation! Two and half years into this reckless invasion, and almost everyone on earth knows who should be charged for not telling the truth.
And what truth are the Americans seeking? What truth would they have preferred that Khafaji pass to the Japanese?
Was it Khafaji that exaggerated the story
of weapons of mass destruction in
If he is responsible for these things,
then Khafaji was absolutely right and should be honored for it. The entire
story that the
In fact, Washington and its Iraqi supporters are apparently good at nothing but lying. They lied to us when they spoke of liberation, freedom, prosperity, welfare, clean water, employment and a reliable power supply.
Why is it that no one making these tremendous
lies is under arrest? Poor Khafaji! He languishes in a
The arrest of this Iraqi writer, who is part of the creative conscience of this country, is tantamount to a war crime.
Set Khafaji and all other prisoners of
conscious free from your horrible jails in
He can give you, before his release, a pledge not to write about the abuse and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners he witnessed during his long jail term, since thousands of Iraqi detainees have already had the chance to tell the story.
And once free, he will no longer need to tell any more ‘lies’ because we already know that there is no truth in the stories that are told of today’s Iraq.
