This is one of the famous images from the Abu Ghraib scandal of ‘torturing’ detainees. The crying whiner terrorist, Haj Ali al Qaisi, pictured above, now lives in Jordan and heads a group called the “Organization of Victims of US Occupation Prisons.” He claims to have nightmares and panic attacks, and claims that his hand still hurts from the “torture” that the photo illustrates. I’d like to see the pictures of his burns, because electrical burns, like cigarette burns take a very long time to heal–and the evidence is clear and unmistakable. Haj Ali wants to go on an international speaking tour, and has tried to obtain visas to visit Austria and Italy. His visa applications have been denied.

And it shouldn’t come as a surprise that they’ve been denied.

Before the fall of Saddam’s Regime, Haj Ali was reportedly an official of Saddam’s Ba’ath Party and acted as Mukhtar (village governor) in al-Madifai, a small village near Abu Ghraib.

Former Iraqi exiles have terrible stories to tell about him, which detail atrocities allegedly committed by Haj Ali.

Die Presse quotes an Iraqi named Ali al Zahid, currently living in Vienna and Munich, who says “Haj Ali was a secret service henchman. During his time as local governor, 38 persons were executed. Another 17 are still missing.” Al Zahid claims that he and his entire family were maltreated for several months in one of Saddam’s prisons.

According to Die Presse, al Zahid cites the case of a 17-year-old from al-Madifai, who was murdered by the regime in 1998. Al Zayid us quoted as stating, “I spoke with the victim’s mother. She told me that her son had been taken away by Haj Ali and secret service agents. Twenty-eight days after the arrest, Haj Ali personally dropped off the 17-year-old’s blood-soaked shirt with the words, ‘He cried like a girl.’ “

This guy got off too easy.

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