Security plans implemented since February by the Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I) have contributed to overcrowding in Iraqi prisons, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. A UN report released in April estimated 20,000 detainees were held...
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US Iraq commander 'concerned' by ethics survey results condoning abuse
Gen. David Petraeus , the top commanding officer of US troops in Iraq, told a gathering of reporters Monday that he was "greatly concerned" by a survey released by the Pentagon Friday that revealed many...
Bush defends Gonzales amid more criticism of US Attorney firings
President Bush defended US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Monday after US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) , the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, publicly criticized Gonzales Sunday for his role in...
Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan will be hanged Tuesday, according to Iraqi legal sources quoted by wire services Monday afternoon. The Iraqi government has scheduled the execution despite defense lawyers' contention...
Iraq tribunal upholds death penalty for Saddam VP as lawyer petitions US general
The appeals chamber of the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) on Thursday upheld the death penalty for former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan , rejecting his appeal of...
The Responsibility to Protect in Iraq: Re-deploying to Save Lives
JURIST Guest Columnist David Scheffer, former US Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues (1997-2001), now at Northwestern University School of Law, says that a US troop surge in Iraq could provoke the very atrocities its supporters claim it would...