417 Brotherhood Blogger Identifies Torturer

Journalist and blogger `Abd al-Monim Mahmud has identified his torturer: He says officer Atif al-Hussaini (his real name?) tortured him for 13 days in the Nasr City State Security headquarters after he was arrested at an antiwar rally in 2003. He also accuses Ahmad Mussa, a journalist for the government’s flagship daily Al-Ahram, of conspiring with al-Hussaini to get him detained again. Mahmud believes he is the unnamed journalist Mussa accused of being sent by the Muslim Brotherhood to infiltrate the opposition daily Al-Dustur.

Mahmud has reason to be nervous. He told me that when he was released in June, the State Security officer assigned to his case told him that he was already writing his next detention order. (Thanks, Nora)

416 Roughly 250 Israelis Visit Iraq Each Year

Well!

Roughly 250 Israelis visit Iraq every year, including defense industry representatives
Zohar Blumenkrantz, Haaretz Correspondent

About 250 Israelis have been traveling to Iraq every year, most of them businesspeople, who include a number of defense industry representatives.

Most of the Iraq-bound travellers fly through Amman on Royal Jordanian Airlines, according to confidential figures from the airline that TheMarker has obtained.

Some of the Israelis hold dual citizenship and enter Iraq on non-Israeli passports.

None of the travelers, though, are tourists. There are also no groups of Israelis born in Iraq returning to visit their birthplace.

Others traveling from Israel include journalists, and employees of the UN and other international organizations.

Many Israelis fly Royal Jordanian through Amman on their way to the Far East, and now also to Europe.

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