US transfers last prison under its control to Iraq

[dmallind]

Source: AP

BAGHDAD – The United States handed over the last detention facility under its control to Iraqi authorities on Thursday, a milestone in Iraq's push for complete sovereignty seven years after the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100715/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq

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He's just like Bush.......

[davidinalameda]

1. can we leave now?

[dmallind]

2. Shooters will be out in two months. Helpers a year after that. So yep - soon. NT

[Soylent Brice]

3. K&R

[derby378]

4. Took them bloody long enough...

...though I can't help but wonder if US troops are still maintaining secret prisons in Iraq, like that infamous torture center manned by SEAL Team 626 a few years back.

[IScreamSundays]

5. U.S. hands over last Iraq jail but keeps 200 inmates

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - The U.S. military handed over its last prison in Iraq on Thursday, ending an ignominious chapter of the 2003 U.S. invasion that saw thousands detained without charge and triggered outrage after disclosures of abuse.

At a ceremony in a hangar at Camp Cropper detention center near Baghdad airport, U.S. military officials gave their Iraqi counterparts a giant, symbolic key and said they were confident no prisoner maltreatment would occur under Iraqi supervision.

They also acknowledged some past mistakes.

"To be perfectly frank we have learned from our experiences here," the U.S. military spokesman in Iraq, Major General Stephen Lanza, told reporters before the handover ceremony.

"We have learned from our experiences here in terms of detainee operations and from our inability to be prepared for what we encountered," he said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66E3NI20100715?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

[Solly Mack]

6. k/r