Hezbollah Commander In Iraq Responsible For The Kidnapping And Killing Of U.S. Soldiers To Be Released

A U.S. solider shows a picture of Ali Mussa Daqduq (L) during a news conference at the heavily fortified Green Zone area in Baghdad July 2, 2007. REUTERS/Wathiq Khuzaie/Pool

Administration Struggling To Prevent Release Of Hezbollah Commander In Iraq -- The Cable

When alleged terrorist Ali Musa Daqduq was transferred from U.S. to Iraqi custody last December, many in Washington worried that the Iraqi government would release him back to the battlefield. This week, Daqduq was acquitted in an Iraqi court and now the administration is trying to figure out how to keep him behind bars.

Daqduq, who U.S. military officials claim is a Hezbollah commander, had been imprisoned by U.S. forces in Iraq for leading a team that kidnapped and killed five U.S. soldiers in Iraq in January 2007. Twenty-one senators had drafted last December a letter urging the administration not to hand him over out of concern that the Iraqi government might release him.

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My Comment: These efforts are going to fail. The Iraqi court has decided to ignore U.S. claims of war crimes associated with this prisoner. The reason why is simple .... a point that I made a few months ago.