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3 unusual facts about The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair


The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair

The film depicts Yunis Khatayer Abbas, an Iraqi journalist who was detained by US troops in 2003 and later imprisoned at Abu Ghraib prison for nine months.

Directors Tucker and Epperlein were working on their film Gunner Palace, when they first encountered Abbas.

Although innocent, he was accused by American military officials of plotting to assassinate then British prime minister Tony Blair along with his two brothers.



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