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Iraq
Iraq VP announces 50 prisoner-per-day amnesty for Ramadan
2007-09-01
The office of Iraq's Vice President Tareq Al-Hashemi announced on Friday that 50 detainees would be released per day during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan.
Praise Allan and pass the ammunition.
The detainees are being held in US detention camps in Iraq.
Super.
A statement issued by Al-Hashemi's office said that this initiative was part of a campaign launched by Al-Hashemi "to release innocent detainees." Regarding detainees in Iraqi detention camps, the statement quoted Al-Hashemi's adviser for human right Omar Haikel Al-Jabouri as saying that a meeting was held to look into a number of field information following the visit by Al-Hashemi to prison number 5.

The detainees are being held in US detention camps in Iraq.
Al-Jabouri added that a work paper prepared by Al-Hashemi has been approved by the various Iraqi blocs and the US side. He pointed out that the work paper constituted three provisions. The first one deals with a mechanism to release the detainees, while the second one deals with human rights. The third one tackles conditions of the detainees. He stressed that Al-Hashemi's office was keen on following up implementation of such provisions.
"No need to worry, infidels. The paperwork is in perfect order, just as der Führer required!"
Meanwhile, Al-Hashemi's office last Wednesday announced that the number of detainees to be freed would rise to 350 weekly from Baghdad and nearby governorates.
Posted by:Seafarious

#3  If these really are innocents, then we would've released them anyway... and now the Iraqi government gets to take the credit.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-09-01 14:57  

#2  Saudi style Catch and Release™ comes to Iraq. We must not cooperate.

We would be far wiser to crush Iraq under the boot heel of a military dictatorship than allow this Muslim majority nation to pursue its current course. Theocratic Islam in any way, shape or form has no place in this world. Period.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-09-01 13:19  

#1  So basically the Iraqi gov is undoing all the captures the US is making for the next month. If they are so eager, release the prisoners form their own prisons. Those at Camp Bucca are there for a reason.
Posted by: ed   2007-09-01 09:56  

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