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Detained Iranian-American Filmmaker Sues Rumsfeld

HeadlineJul 11, 2006

Meanwhile, an Iranian-American filmmaker who spent nearly two months in a US prison in Iraq has filed suit against Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other top military officials. Cyrus Kar was detained in May 2005 while he was riding in a taxi cab in Baghdad. Kar was never charged, denied access to an attorney and kept in solitary confinement.

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