Jumana Michael/Mikhail Hanna (born c. 1962) is an Iraqi woman of Assyrian Christian background. In July 2003 she contacted the new provisional government of Iraq to present information about her imprisonment in the ‘loose dogs’ prison during the Saddam Hussein period. Her evidence resulted in the arrest of nine Iraqi officers. She became known to the public when the Washington Post carried a front-page article[1] (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A20548-2003Jul20¬Found=true) about her experiences.
In July 2003, Paul Wolfowitz referred to the Post story before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. [2] (http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/2003/sp20030729-depsecdef0385.html)
But she may have been making them up.[3] (http://www.esquire.com/features/articles/2004/041222_mfe_dream_1.html)
Hanna, who agreed to the use of her full name, is just one of hundreds and possibly thousands of women who were tortured and sexually assaulted by the agents of the last government, human rights officials said.
Hanna awoke in what she thought was a veterinary clinic for dogs because of the sound of barking.
Hanna was given a painkiller and put in a cell with 17 other women where she was kept for 10 days before she was questioned again.
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