An Iraqi man claims he was tortured during the 10 months of his detention at the Abu Ghraib prison. Emad al-Janabi filed a federal lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles against two U.S. military contractors.

The 43-year-old Iraqi blacksmith claims that employees of CACI International Inc. and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc, which provide services to the U.S. military, where very brutal to him. More precisely, they punched him, slammed him into walls, hung him from a bed frame, and kept him naked, chained and then handcuffed in his cell for long periods.

Among the defendants in this case was also named CACI interrogator Steven Stefanowicz, also known as "Big Steve."

Al-Janabi accused the two United States contractors of torture, war crimes and civil conspiracy. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles because Stefanowicz lives there. The Iraqi seeks unspecified monetary damages.

“We want the complete truth about Abu Ghraib to be told,” said Al-Janabi in a statement released after the suit was filed.

CACI “totally rejected and denied” the accusations through the firm’s spokeswoman Jody Brown who released an e-mailed statement.

“No CACI employee or former employee has been charged with any misconduct in connection with CACI's interrogation work in Iraq,” the statement said.

The other contractor, L3, wasn’t as prompt in discussing the accusations in the case of Emad Khudhayir Shahuth al-Janabi v. Steven A. Stefanowicz, 08-2913, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles).

However, the two contractors aren’t at their first accusations of this sort. In November, after dismissing the case against L3, a Washington federal judge said CACI must defend in court against accusations brought by nearly 250 Iraqi prisoners.

"God willing the righteousness will emerge and God willing the criminal will receive his punishment," al-Janabi said in an interview with The Associated Press made in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Iraqi blacksmith says he was detained by U.S. soldiers during a night raid. The soldiers beat him and his family and took him to the military base. There he was stripped of his clothes, a hood was placed on his head and his hands and legs were tied with a chain.

"They (U.S. troops) did not tell me what was the reason behind my arrest ... during the interrogation, the American soldier told me I was a terrorist ... and I was preparing for an attack against the U.S. forces," said al-Janabi in the interview.