Iraq: Six women prisoners to be freed

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Iraq: Six women prisoners to be freed


Thursday 19 January 2006, 10:02 Makka Time, 7:02 GMT


The US military did not confirm the releases would take place



An Iraqi government official said Iraq has recommended that US authorities release six of the eight Iraqi females in military custody, adding that it was not part of a bid to free a kidnapped American journalist.



The kidnappers of Jill Carroll, 28, have threatened to kill her unless all Iraqi women detainees are freed.

The US military said eight Iraqi women are in military detention and a government commission reviewing cases of Iraqi detainees recommended to US authorities on Monday that six be released.

An official from the Iraqi Human Rights Ministry, which sits on the commission, said on Thursday the call to free the women was not made in response to demands from Carroll's kidnappers.

"There was no outside pressure on the commission" to release the women, said the official who declined to be identified further because he feared reprisal from fighters.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9A1D83C9-D24E-48D2-A45B-733F08CB164F.htm

[awoke_in_2003]

1. "There was no outside pressure on the commission"

Of course, 'cause we don't make deals with terriers- at least we don't officially (Iran/Contra)