Apr 18, 2004

Burned, beaten hostage recalls ordeal
Canadian out of Iraq, set for home
1st interview from safety in Jordan

TS: MONTREAL—Fadi Fadel was tortured by his Iraqi kidnappers, who burned him with cigarettes, kicked and beat him and repeatedly pointed a machine gun at his head, demanding the Canadian aid worker confess to being a spy......
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"I can't believe it," he said. "Canadians from coast to coast came to my rescue. It makes me feel so good about Canada."