Iraq Shiite leader wants amnesty extended to insurgents who killed coalition forces
Iraqi Shiite leader Abdel Aziz al-Hakim , head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq , said Monday that he would like the amnesty provision of the proposed national reconciliation plan [text and press...
Iraq PM says insurgents who kill denied amnesty under reconciliation plan
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday clarified vague portions of his national reconciliation proposal , saying that no insurgent responsible for the death of Iraqis or coalition forces would be entitled to amnesty....
Iraq National Reconciliation and Dialogue Plan, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, June 25, 2006 .English text...
Iraq government elaborates plan to help former detainees in reconciliation bid
Iraq's council of ministers on Monday took the first steps to elaborate on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's national reconciliation initiative , which he unveiled to parliament Sunday. In a statement, the council said...
US senators denounce amnesty provisions in Iraq national reconciliation plan
Several US senators condemned parts of a national reconciliation proposal designed to end the Iraqi insurgency and facilitate reconstruction, which was unveiled to the Iraqi parliament Sunday by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki . US lawmakers...
Iraq reconciliation plan offers amnesty, bans rights violations and torture
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki addressed the Iraqi parliament Sunday on a new national reconciliation plan which he hopes will end the Sunni insurgency and sectarian killings that have hindered reconstruction...
Amnesty International report to UN torture committee says US abuses widespread
Amnesty International Wednesday released a report it has submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture detailing widespread torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners at US detention sites around the...
Iraq Shiite leaders may give up control of interior ministry
Shiite leaders in Iraq have indicated that they are willing to give up control of the Iraqi Interior Ministry, beleaguered in recent months by allegations of prisoner abuse and death squads . During negotiations on the...
New evidence of prisoner abuse in Iraqi jails uncovered by US inspectors: report
Evidence of prisoner abuse in facilities operated by Iraq's Interior Ministry was discovered by US inspectors as recently as February 2006, according to a report in Monday's Washington Post. According to the article, a handful of...
Reuters is reporting that the US military will close Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and transfer approximately 4,500 prisoners to other facilities in Iraq, according to a military spokesman. The prison, a torture center under the regime...
