The Iraqi who knew too much
In yet another sign that the U.S. occupation of Iraq is coming to an end, the last U.S. military prison in the country, Camp Cropper, was transferred in July to the control of the Iraqi government, which took custody of hundreds of al Qaeda terrorists, Shiite militiamen, and former Baathist officials — some of whom ...
In yet another sign that the U.S. occupation of Iraq is coming to an end, the last U.S. military prison in the country, Camp Cropper, was transferred in July to the control of the Iraqi government, which took custody of hundreds of al Qaeda terrorists, Shiite militiamen, and former Baathist officials -- some of whom were complicit in the crimes perpetrated by Saddam Hussein's regime.
In yet another sign that the U.S. occupation of Iraq is coming to an end, the last U.S. military prison in the country, Camp Cropper, was transferred in July to the control of the Iraqi government, which took custody of hundreds of al Qaeda terrorists, Shiite militiamen, and former Baathist officials — some of whom were complicit in the crimes perpetrated by Saddam Hussein’s regime.
But there was also a detainee with a rather different pedigree: Saddam’s former oil minister, Amer Mohammed Rasheed al-Obeidi. His continued detention represents a sign of a different sort — the continued corruption and politicization of the new Iraqi government’s judicial system.
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