He was then transferred to another military barracks where he was in the hands of Iraqi soldiers. He was again threatened with death, made to simulate his own execution, submitted to waterboarding and shocked with electricity.

Several days later, he was transferred to Abu Ghraib prison where he remained detained for many days before having been brought to Baghdad airport. During the intervening 15 days he was placed in a room known as a "black box" where he was tortured by American soldiers: he was violently beaten, burned on several places on his body, and made to maintain "stress positions."