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  • U.S. Citizen May Be Handed Over to Iraqis

    02/08/2006 8:59:05 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 20 replies · 677+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/8/06 | Mark Sherman - ap
    WASHINGTON - The U.S. government wants an Iraqi court to handle criminal charges against a naturalized American citizen who is being held in Iraq on suspicion that he is linked to insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The man's lawyers said he is innocent and likely to be tortured if he is handed over to the Iraqis. Shawqi Omar, 44, who once served in the Minnesota National Guard, has been held in U.S.-run military prisons since his capture in 2004. The government said Omar was harboring an Iraqi insurgent and four Jordanian fighters at the time of his arrest and also...
  • Saudis handed over by Syria questioned

    05/30/2005 8:56:51 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 10 replies · 402+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 5/30/05 | AP - Riyadh
    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Syrian authorities, under heavy American pressure to prevent foreign fighters from crossing into Iraq, have extradited more than 30 Saudis who may have sought to join the Iraqi insurgency, officials said Monday. Also Monday, the head of Syria's state-run television urged Damascus to require entry visas to safeguard Syrian security. Syria does not currently require entry visas for citizens of Arab countries, making it both an attractive holiday destination and an easier route for Arab foreign fighters. This policy, Diana Jabbour wrote in an editorial published in the Al-Thawra government newspaper, can attract "fugitives and...