[wvns] U.S. holding 22,000 Iraqi prisoners
U.S. holding 22,000 Iraqi prisoners
By Laith Jawad
Azzaman, September 4, 2007
http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news/2007-09-04/kurd.htm
U.S. invasion troops detain more than 22,000 Iraqis in their prisoner
camps across the country, senior government officials say.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said many of those
languishing in U.S. jails are innocent and have been incarcerated for
long periods without trial or charges.
Most of the prisoners come from central Iraq where an anti-U.S.
rebellion is raging. The region is predominantly Sunni.
Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi is leading the campaign to free the
prisoners and see to it that U.S. prisoner camps meet international
standards and that the jailers respect prisoner rights.
Hashemi is determined to have all the innocent Iraqis in U.S. jails
freed as quickly as possible, one official said.
The officials said there are currently more jails in Iraq than under
former leader Saddam Hussein.
The Iraqi government has no jurisdiction over U.S.-administered jails
and has no say in U.S. troops' military operations which normally
result in arbitrary and summary arrests.
The U.S. has agreed to release 50 Iraqi prisoners a day during the
holy month of Ramadan. But the number falls short of Hashemi's
expectations who wanted to see most of the prisoners released.
Hashemi is said to have demanded U.S. troops pay reparations to
prisoners arrested without charges.
Hashemi's adviser, Omer al-Jibouri, said the government has reached
what he called `a working paper' with U.S. occupation troops under
which U.S. jailers violating human rights will be persecuted.
Jibouri did not say how the government will punish U.S. troops at a
time they are immune from prosecution and trial by Iraqi courts.
*********************************************************************
WORLD VIEW NEWS SERVICE
To subscribe to this group, send an email to:
wvns-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
NEWS ARCHIVE IS OPEN TO PUBLIC VIEW
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/wvns/
Need some good karma? Appreciate the service?
Please consider donating to WVNS today.
Email ummyakoub@yahoo.com for instructions.
To leave this list, send an email to:
wvns-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wvns/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wvns/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:wvns-digest@yahoogroups.com
mailto:wvns-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
wvns-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
No comments:
Post a Comment