Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Philosophy
1 June 28, 2006
Dianne Vanessa M. Alejo Year IV-2

450 detainees released in Iraq under amnesty
Agence France-Presse
Last updated 04:44pm (Mla time) 06/27/2006

ABU GHRAIB, Iraq -- About 450 detainees held in US and Iraqi prisons were freed Tuesday under an amnesty as part of a national reconciliation plan aimed at ending the bloodshed.

The move brings the number of those released so far this month to more than 2,500.

The sixth batch of detainees held at Abu Ghraib and other facilities run by the US military and Iraqis were assembled at the notorious US-run prison west of Baghdad before their release.

"Your release today is part of the prime minister's national reconciliation plan," Iraq's national security advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie told them. "This is not a political game, it is a sincere attempt of reconciliation and to unite Iraq."

A US military spokesman in charge of detainee operations said all those released since Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki first spoke of a national reconciliation initiative on June 6 are suspected of being involved in the insurgency but have committed no violent crimes like bombing, killing, torture and kidnapping.

One of the items in Maliki's 24-point reconciliation program presented to parliament Sunday promises amnesty to detainees who have committed no crimes.

Copyright 2006 Agence France-Presse. All rights reserved.

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Analysis:
The article mentioned above is about the freeing of detainees because of the US against Iraq war. 450 detainees were released earlier, and the number of released prisoners this month sums up to 2500. The article states that the freeing of these detainees is part of the amnesty program to prevent the continuing war.
In my opinion, this amnesty is a good move the two nations have concluded to do. If they continue to detain these people in prisons, bloodshed will continue due to the fact that both nations won’t settle themselves as the “losers” of this “war.” They will do everything to free their people from the other country, thus more wars.
I guess, the best thing that these 2 countries can do is to settle down and finally make peace with one another. This will forever shun the possibility of war.

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