Iraqi government criticizes US policies on detainment, press freedom,

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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0914-06.htm
Published on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 by Reuters
Iraq Slams U.S. Detentions, Immunity for Troops
by Mariam Karouny and Alastair Macdonald

BAGHDAD - Iraq's justice minister has condemned the U.S. military for detaining thousands of Iraqis for long periods without charge and wants to change a U.N. resolution that gives foreign troops immunity from Iraqi law.

Speaking to Reuters, Justice Minister Abdul Hussein Shandal also criticized U.S. detentions of Iraqi journalists and said the media, contrary to U.S. policy in Iraq, must have special legal protection to report on all sides in the conflict.

"No citizen should be arrested without a court order," he said this week, complaining that U.S. suggestions that his ministry has an equal say on detentions were misleading.



More at link, including his opinion that journalists should be allowed to interview insurgents.

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1. never mind

TIA!