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Eugene

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Tue Jun-06-06 05:19 AM
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Iraqi PM to release 2,500 prisoners

Iraqi PM to release 2,500 prisoners
Tue Jun 6, 2006 10:45 AM BST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said
on Tuesday he would release 2,500 prisoners with no clear evidence
against them or who were mistakenly detained, in a move to help reach
"national reconciliation".

"We hope they will abide by not violently objecting to the political process.
This is a strong move which will encourage others," he said, in a clear
reference to the minority Sunni community, which forms the backbone of the
insurgency against his U.S.-backed government.

He said the prisoners would be released from U.S.-run detention centres and
Iraqi custody.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-06-06T094510Z_01_GEO634121_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ-MALIKI-RELEASES.xml

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muriel_volestrangler

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Tue Jun-06-06 06:50 AM
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1. Sounds a bit like "truth and reconciliation"

With Bush and his puppet governments in the place of the apartheid regime.

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Supersedeas

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Tue Jun-06-06 10:13 AM
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2. so WHO mistakenly detained them and for HOW long...

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