the outcome of the election

[Armin]

I assume that certain simple fundamentals occur, such as "you don't pick people up without probable cause and common sense linkage."  You'd have too damned many people in the pen if you did not use simple "police work" in the first place.
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Well, lets skip the what "to assume" means...

According to Amnesty International at some time earlier this year, there had been 43.000 people in Iraq arrested and detained, often for months.

Only 600 of those have been handed over to Iraqi officials and charges pressed.

Why? most of them were collected during raids done by regular soldiers, with NO police training at all, that don't speak a word arabic and certainly don't read it. Who have no idea of Iraqi mentality, culture or everyday life and rely on pretty dubious sources.

Evidence? Probable cause? Common Sense? And then a ratio of one hard case per 72 arrests?

Pardon me if I doubt your faith in humanity here :blink: