May 6 (Bloomberg) -- A blacksmith who claims he was tortured at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq sued CACI International Inc. and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc., which provide services to the U.S. military.

Emad Al-Janabi, 43, a former detainee, sued CACI, which provided interrogators at the prison, and L-3, which provided translators, according to a statement issued yesterday by his lawyers. He accused the companies of torture, war crimes and civil conspiracy in the complaint filed in federal court in Los Angeles.

``We want the complete truth about Abu Ghraib to be told,'' Al-Janabi said in the statement.

In November, a federal judge in Washington said CACI must defend a lawsuit by Iraqi prisoners that seeks class-action, or group, status and accuses the military contractor of assault and battery and wrongful death. In a revised complaint filed the following month, lawyers identified 250 former prisoners who were suing CACI. The judge in that case threw out similar claims against L-3.

``CACI totally rejects and denies all of the plaintiffs' allegations and claims,'' CACI spokeswoman Jody Brown said in an e-mailed statement yesterday. ``No CACI employee or former employee has been charged with any misconduct in connection with CACI's interrogation work in Iraq.''

A representative for L3 wasn't immediately available. A telephone listing for Steven Stefanowicz in Los Angeles, who's also named in the statement as a defendant, couldn't be located.

The case is Emad Khudhayir Shahuth al-Janabi v. Steven A. Stefanowicz, 08-2913, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles).

To contact the reporter on this story: Carlyn Kolker in New York at ckolker@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: May 6, 2008 00:01 EDT