"Iraq says bomber had been detainee; Government fears violence will rise" by Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press | August 31, 2009
Yeah, I know. Blog already told me.
BAGHDAD - The suicide truck bomber who targeted Iraq’s Foreign Ministry in one of the most deadly attacks this year had recently been freed from US custody, an Iraqi investigator said yesterday, raising fresh concerns that former detainees will return to violence.
Which means WE MUST STAY, cui bono.
The revelation came as the government added more fodder to its allegations that Syria has been used as a launching pad for violence in Iraq, broadcasting a confession from a man who said he received militant training in the neighboring country....
AHEM!
See: Occupation Iraq: Tortured Confession
Occupation Iraq: Syrian Set-Up
A senior Iraqi investigator said the man who carried out the attack against the Foreign Ministry was a former detainee at the US detention camp known as Camp Bucca in southern Iraq. The bomber left his identification card at a checkpoint in order to be allowed to approach the Foreign Ministry and police were able to track down his background, according to the investigator, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the information.
Sort of like Atta's passport floating out of the fireball down to the street so an FBI agent could find it.
The Americans have been releasing detainees or transferring them to Iraqi custody to comply with a security pact that took effect on Jan. 1, but some Iraqis have complained that those freed from custody have returned to violence. The number of detainees in US custody dropped to 8,947 from a high of 27,000 in 2007, the lowest it has been in more than four years, the US military said yesterday....
Yup, mostly innocents rounded up and never charged. Tortured, but never charged. Held for years.
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