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Iraq Moves Toward Amnesty

Pending law would allow release thousands of detainees

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 27, 2007 10:52 AM CST

(Newser) – The Iraqi cabinet has framed an amnesty law that would release tens of thousands of suspected insurgents being held without charges. The amnesty, the result of months of negotiation, now goes to the parliament, which will begin debating it Sunday, the BBC reports. The number... Read full story »

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