Tabloid 'interviews' infamous Abu Ghraib detainee

The UK tabloid The Mirror claims to have interviewed the hooded man in the infamous Abu Ghraib photo. Haj Ali claims he was the one photographed standing atop a crate in a black tunic, with his arms extended, attached to electric charges. It is worth noting that this is the same paper that earlier this year published fake 'abuse' photos featuring British soliders.

The Mirror quotes Vanity Fair magazine, which includes a story on Haj Ali.

In the story Ali speaks on the use of hoods by the American soldiers, a technique not even used during Saddam's times. In the Mirror, Ali says, "The idea of bagging someone on the head is completely associated with the US occupation."

At the time it was believed that Ali was being tormented with sleep deprivation, fearing he would be electrocuted if he fell off the box.

But now for the first time he has told US magazine Vanity Fair: "They'd give me electric shocks." Whenever he collapsed or fainted, guards would kick him or beat him with sticks yelling: "Get up! Get up!"