Adnan al-Dulaimi
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Adnan al-Dulaimi is an Sunni Iraqi politician and the leader of the General Council for the People of Iraq, a component of the Iraqi Accord Front which won 44 seats in the December 2005 general election.
[edit] Quotes
- "When you are forgotten and suffer psychological pressure you tend to go back to religion and appeal to God to end your ordeal, added to that the desire to take revenge on those who illegally threw you in jail, you tend to be a soft target for extremists."
- "In every meeting I have with US officials I repeat my appeal to them to take into consideration that they cannot keep people in prison indefinitely without charges.
- "It is just not right and gains them nothing but increasing extremists who spend their days in detention looking forward to one thing, which is to be released one day and to take their revenge."
- "They keep reassuring me that they would take action but they never did. They release [a] few dozens and the next day arrest hundreds."
- "There are now around 17,000 Iraqi detainees in Buka camp in the south. Most of them are innocent people. They get arrested and thrown in jail for months and years without charges and without trial, and while in prison they are approached by al-Qaeda people."
[edit] External links
- US 'breeding extremism' in Iraq
- Iraqi leaders welcome reshuffle, tensions mount
- Iraqi Leader and Top U.S. General Discuss Security
- Leader of al-Qaida in Iraq mocks Bush
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