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More on "liberated" Iraq. (Insider Report).(Pentagon lawyer Michael H. Mobbs to supervise civil reconstruction in Iraq)

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"A Pentagon lawyer who sought to have U.S. citizens imprisoned indefinitely without charge as part of the war on terrorism will supervise civil administration" in newly liberated Iraq, reported the April 4th London Guardian. Michael H. Mobbs, a defense department attorney and former official with the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, will help reconstruct Iraq's legal system. Mobbs authored a legal brief submitted by the Bush administration to justify imprisoning--without trial or judicial review--U.S.-born Yasser Esam Hamdi, captured by U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

The so-called "Mobbs Declaration" recalled that Hamdi "went to Afghanistan to train with and, if necessary, fight for the Taliban; he remained with the Taliban after September 11, 2001, and after the United States military campaign began in Afghanistan; and he was captured when his Taliban unit surrendered to Northern Alliance forces." No trial is necessary to detain Hamdi, ...

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