US calls for sacking of Iraq's interior minister over Sunni prisoner abuse Jonathan Steele Saturday December 17, 2005 The Guardian (UK) The US is pressing for the sacking of Bayan Jabr, Iraq's Shia interior minister, whose staff have been discovered to be torturing Sunni prisoners. With a strong Sunni role in Iraq's next government apparently secure after their high turnout in Thursday's election, US officials want to ensure that cabinet posts are no longer exploited for sectarian or partisan ends. Sunnis have long complained that the interior ministry is one of the worst offenders. Inspections of two detention centres on...