In an interview with Asharqiya TV on May 16, 2012, Ayad Allawi, al-Iraqiya leader, said: we have hundreds of prisoners who have been tortured heinously, we have reliable information from freed prisoners and their confessions have been recorded vis-à-vis human rights commission. They have talked about torture and I, myself, have seen the remnant of torture on their bodies and we have evidence. Allawi said there is presently a formal menacIn an interview with Asharqiya TV on May 16, 2012, Ayad Allawi, al-Iraqiya leader, said: we have hundreds of prisoners who have been tortured heinously, we have reliable information from freed prisoners and their confessions have been recorded vis-à-vis human rights commission. They have talked about torture and I, myself, have seen the remnant of torture on their bodies and we have evidence. Allawi said there is presently a formal menace to murder me. I have been informed by different countries that there is a plot for my murder in Baghdad. This information is reliable and accurate and I was informed by more than one source. Ayad Allawi also warned against Maliki’s policy of killing time and shirk and said: we are tired of lie and shirk.