...In a first-person account published on ESPN.com in December, Haydar described being tortured on orders of Iraqi Olympic chief Uday Hussein, son of Saddam, after trying to resign from the team. "He took me right to the Olympic prison, where the guards whipped my feet -- a traditional Arab punishment called falaqa -- 20 times a day for three days," Haydar said. "They gave me nothing to eat or drink other than a daily glass of water and slice of bread. Then they sent me to al-Radwaniya (prison) again for four more days of punishment, and this time I got the full treatment. "I was greeted at al-Radwaniya with what is known as 'The Reception.' They took my clothes off, laid me down on my back and dragged me by my legs across hot pavement until my back was a bloody mess. Then they made me roll in the sand. And just to make sure that the wounds got infected, I had to climb a 15-foot ladder and jump repeatedly into a pit of sewage water filled with blood and who knows what else."... For the rest of the article go here: http://espn.go.com/oly/s/2002/1219/1479673.html To view the chat log with Haydar go here: http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=3340