Posted on 05/06/2009 5:40:04 PM PDT by SandRat
BAGHDAD — Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I) and the Government of Iraq (GoI) march steadily closer to ending the Coalition detainee operations mission as the total detainee population has fallen below 12,000.
In accordance with the Security Agreement between the GoI and the U.S., all detainees in Coalition custody will be released or transferred to the Iraqi legal system.
As an early sign of success in this GoI/MNF-I detainee affairs relationship, the Ministry of Justice has issued about 400 detention orders or arrest warrants following their review of the files of the first 4,500 low-threat detainees considered for release.
Since January 1, over 3,271 detainees have been released and there are currently 2,325 in Coalition custody that have been convicted or are at some stage of scheduling for trial in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq.
The detainees released during April represent the third group of detainee case files that were reviewed by Iraqi authorities under the Security Agreement.
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