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Against U.S. Wishes, Iraq Releases Man Accused of Killing American Soldiers
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Last Edited | ArmyDem Nov 19, 2012 08:36pm |
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Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
News Date | Saturday, November 17, 2012 02:35:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Published: November 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — Iraq has released a Hezbollah operative who has been accused by American military prosecutors of the killing of American troops, terrorism and espionage, Iraqi and American officials said Friday.
The prisoner, Ali Musa Daqduq, was released on Thursday despite the entreaties of the Obama administration. In a phone call on Tuesday, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. told the Iraqi prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, that the United States believed that Mr. Daqduq should be held accountable for his actions and that Iraq should explore all legal options toward this end, an American official said.
Robert S. Beecroft, the United States ambassador in Baghdad, made a similar appeal to Mr. Maliki that day. But Mr. Maliki told Mr. Biden that Iraq had run out of legal options to hold Mr. Daqduq, who this year had been ordered released by an Iraqi court. Mr. Daqduq has left Iraq and is now in Beirut, his lawyer told Reuters.
The case is noteworthy not only because of the accusations against Mr. Daqduq, but also because it is regarded by Middle East experts as a test of whether the United States or Iran has more influence over the Shiite-dominated government of Iraq. Hezbollah, a Shiite militant organization in Lebanon, is backed by Iran, a Shiite state. |
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