Prisoner 27075 learns limits of sovereignty

[floda]

Iyad Akmush Kanum, 23, learnt the limits of sovereignty on Monday when US prosecutors refused to uphold an Iraqi judges' order acquitting him of attempted murder of coalition troops.


US prosecutors said that he was being returned to the controversial Abu Ghraib prison because under the Geneva Conventions they were not bound by Iraqi law.

A few hundred metres from where outgoing administrator Paul Bremer formally ended the US occupation of Iraq on Monday, Mr Kanum - prisoner number 27075 - cowered handcuffed on a backroom floor in the Central Criminal Court, where Iraqis are tried for attacks against coalition forces.

"Iraqis who have been detained as a security threat can still be detained until firstly the coalition leaves or secondly they are considered to be no longer a threat," said Michael Frank, deputy special prosecutor for Multinational Force-Iraq (MNFI), who oversaw the case dressed in military fatigues.


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[LittleApple81]

1. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... sorry for the guy. But did you believe them? n/t

[asjr]

2. Alice is beckoning me to follow

her into Wonderland. There are just too many rabbit holes there for me to venture into it.

[daleo]

3. It was important to make this legally explicit

Now people who consider this a true transfer of authority or sovereignty will know better.

[Aidoneus]

4. "where Iraqis are tried for attacks against coalition forces"

how exactly is this a crime?

[Kagemusha]

5. This is bullshit. Complete and total

Yes they are subject to the Geneva Conventions, and more importantly they're subject to Iraqi sovereign judicial law. You'll see reactions to this news quickly.

[cthrumatrix]

6. you now see what a facade the "transfer of power" was..... they are

puppets for the occupation which still calls the shots

[lazarus]

7. kick

This should be outraging everyone.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

8. Yep, democracy is the future of the Middle East... except for those

who don't agree with US... they get bombed and hunted down and put in pens to live like veal.