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Seems like everyone is laughing....at us, which we all already know....it just seems more severe when you get confirmation of it:
http://www.wfaa.com/news/world/Hezbo...179666931.html
Lets get our guys out of there and back home. We dont need to be over there especially if they do not want our help. Its like the kid that always calls when they need something but as soon as they get it no more phone calls...
http://www.wfaa.com/news/world/Hezbo...179666931.html
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A Hezbollah commander wanted by the United States has been released from Iraqi custody and returned to the Lebanese capital on Friday, his lawyer said. The move is likely to complicate the Obama administration's efforts to prosecute the militant believed to have been the mastermind of an attack that killed five U.S. soldiers.
The release of Lebanese-born Ali Mussa Daqduq also underscored how little influence Washington holds over Baghdad's government since American troops left the country last December.
U.S. forces held Daqduq for four years, accusing him of masterminding a 2007 raid on an American military base in the Iraqi holy Shiite city of Karbala that killed five U.S. soldiers. He was handed over to Iraqi authorities when American troops left Iraq.
Two Iraqi courts, including the country's central criminal court in July, subsequently found Daqduq not guilty of the Karbala attack. However, he was held under house arrest in the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad.
Daqduq's lawyer, Abdul-Mahdi al-Mitairi, said Iraqi authorities decided to free the Hezbollah militant once U.S. elections were over. It appeared Iraqi officials did not want to embarrass President Barack Obama during his reelection campaign.
"He was supposed to be released once the court found him not guilty but because of the U.S. presidential elections, he was kept under house arrest," al-Mitairi said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
"If Daqduq remained longer (in custody in Iraq), I would have sued the government," the lawyer added.
There was no immediate comment from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The Iraqi government spokesman said he had no comment.
The release of Lebanese-born Ali Mussa Daqduq also underscored how little influence Washington holds over Baghdad's government since American troops left the country last December.
U.S. forces held Daqduq for four years, accusing him of masterminding a 2007 raid on an American military base in the Iraqi holy Shiite city of Karbala that killed five U.S. soldiers. He was handed over to Iraqi authorities when American troops left Iraq.
Two Iraqi courts, including the country's central criminal court in July, subsequently found Daqduq not guilty of the Karbala attack. However, he was held under house arrest in the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad.
Daqduq's lawyer, Abdul-Mahdi al-Mitairi, said Iraqi authorities decided to free the Hezbollah militant once U.S. elections were over. It appeared Iraqi officials did not want to embarrass President Barack Obama during his reelection campaign.
"He was supposed to be released once the court found him not guilty but because of the U.S. presidential elections, he was kept under house arrest," al-Mitairi said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
"If Daqduq remained longer (in custody in Iraq), I would have sued the government," the lawyer added.
There was no immediate comment from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The Iraqi government spokesman said he had no comment.
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