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February 11, 2010

Freed Iraqi Journalist Speaks Out Upon Release from US Military Prison
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In other Iraq news, the Iraqi journalist Ibrahim Jassam Mohammed spoke
out Wednesday hours after the US military released him following almost
a year and a half behind bars. Jassam was seized when US and Iraqi
forces raided his home in September 2008. He was held without charge
despite an Iraqi court order for his release. Shortly after being
reunited with his family, Jassam said he hopes to return to work as a
journalist.

Ibrahim Jassam Mohammed: “My feelings cannot be described after the year
and a half that I spent in the prison. I returned home again with my
family and friends. Thank God. If God is willing, I will resume my job
as a journalist with Reuters.”

In addition to holding Jassam without charge, the US military has never
publicly explained why he was initially jailed.



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