Challenge for U.S.: Iraq’s Handling of Detainees
The blindfolded detainees in the dingy hallway line up in groups of five for their turn to see a judge, like schoolchildren outside the principal’s office. Each meeting lasts a few minutes. The judge rules whether the detainee will go free, face trial or be held longer at this Iraqi base in northern Baghdad. But Firas Sabri Ali, squeezed into a fetid cell just hundreds of yards from the judge’s office, has watched the inmates come and go for four months without his name ever being called. Full Story