Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BAGHDAD1868
2006-06-03 16:00:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baghdad
Cable title:
BRITISH MP CLWYD SATISFIED WITH SADDAM TRIAL,
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 001868
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/02/2016
TAGS: PGOV PNET KDEM PREL IZ UK
SUBJECT: BRITISH MP CLWYD SATISFIED WITH SADDAM TRIAL,
CONCERNED WITH NUMBER OF MNF-I DETENTIONS
Classified By: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 001868
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/02/2016
TAGS: PGOV PNET KDEM PREL IZ UK
SUBJECT: BRITISH MP CLWYD SATISFIED WITH SADDAM TRIAL,
CONCERNED WITH NUMBER OF MNF-I DETENTIONS
Classified By: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) In a May 30 meeting with the Ambassador, UK Labour
Member of Parliament and Prime Minister Blair's Special Envoy
to Iraq for Human Rights Ann Clwyd said she was impressed
with the dignity and fairness of the proceedings in the
Saddam Hussein trial. She said that, contrary to the
impression she had received from media coverage, after
witnessing the proceedings she believes holding the trial has
been well worth it and that justice was being done. Clwyd
told the Ambassador that the U.S. and UK must not let the
violence on television drive the agenda and that we must not
adjust our Iraq policy because of political pressures and
agendas at home.
2. (C) Clwyd expressed concern that the Ministry of Interior
has been heavily infiltrated by sectarian militias and could
fall under political/sectarian agenda control. The
Ambassador told Clwyd that we will do everything possible to
prevent this from happening, since the international
community cannot support a Minister who is sectarian or has
been tied to militia. Clwyd also expressed concern over the
large number of Iraqis being held in MNF-I detention
facilities and urged the release of as many as possible in
the near future. The Ambassador told Clwyd that MNF-I plans
to release a large group of detainees, perhaps as early as
June, in a gesture toward national reconciliation. Clwyd
applauded this news and urged the Ambassador to make sure
such a release was as large as possible, suggesting as many
as 5,000 detainees as an appropriate target.
KHALILZAD
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/02/2016
TAGS: PGOV PNET KDEM PREL IZ UK
SUBJECT: BRITISH MP CLWYD SATISFIED WITH SADDAM TRIAL,
CONCERNED WITH NUMBER OF MNF-I DETENTIONS
Classified By: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) In a May 30 meeting with the Ambassador, UK Labour
Member of Parliament and Prime Minister Blair's Special Envoy
to Iraq for Human Rights Ann Clwyd said she was impressed
with the dignity and fairness of the proceedings in the
Saddam Hussein trial. She said that, contrary to the
impression she had received from media coverage, after
witnessing the proceedings she believes holding the trial has
been well worth it and that justice was being done. Clwyd
told the Ambassador that the U.S. and UK must not let the
violence on television drive the agenda and that we must not
adjust our Iraq policy because of political pressures and
agendas at home.
2. (C) Clwyd expressed concern that the Ministry of Interior
has been heavily infiltrated by sectarian militias and could
fall under political/sectarian agenda control. The
Ambassador told Clwyd that we will do everything possible to
prevent this from happening, since the international
community cannot support a Minister who is sectarian or has
been tied to militia. Clwyd also expressed concern over the
large number of Iraqis being held in MNF-I detention
facilities and urged the release of as many as possible in
the near future. The Ambassador told Clwyd that MNF-I plans
to release a large group of detainees, perhaps as early as
June, in a gesture toward national reconciliation. Clwyd
applauded this news and urged the Ambassador to make sure
such a release was as large as possible, suggesting as many
as 5,000 detainees as an appropriate target.
KHALILZAD