Emails between Army Officers re: Message from Coalition Provisional Authority Ministry of Justice Representative: List of Iraqi Prisoners Being Released

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What follows are several release lists that I have developed over the past two days. Due to the size of this message, I am having it typed by a paralegal so it will read of awkwardly; I'm trying to make sure both you and I understand my lists.
List 1
All of these prisoners are alleged to have committed minor offenses and form who no file exists to support their continued
detention. For the reasons laid out in my earlier message,
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right sense of justice. am authorizing their release as I believe it is compelled by a
List 2
Similar to the above group, no file exists to support the continued detention of these prisoners.
however
Everyone on this list
is currently on an Ml Hold and can not be released until this is resolved at your level.
List 3
These are prisoners charged with major crimes but whose release has been previously ordered by some earlier review.
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(I hope you got my NIPR message this morning), but there are 168 names on these lists to start to work on. If I get thegreen light for my plan, I am hopeful of getting similar numbers out tonight and tomorrow.
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Subject:
Message From CPA MOJ Representative
All,
Good evening everybody. I spent the day winding down my activities as I will be leaving Baghdad on Friday to return to Kuwait and then start some leave. I do not yet know whether I will be returning upon my return from CONUS, so I have to presume I may not. As a result of this planning, there were not many releases today. I know you will understand, and I
hope CPT11111111111111, who will be continuing on here, will be able to build upon what I have started here. Here are the
releases for today. \
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'asked me to look into releasing the son of the deceased prisoner. I did look at the file, but we can
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relase him at this time. He and his father had been taken into custody for attacking US soldiers. Until a full and complete investigation is done by CID and MI into these allegations, he must stay where he is.
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COL, JA
CPA MOJ Representative

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To: 93SigBde2.army.smil.mil Subject: essage From CPA MOJ Representative
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This morning when I was reviewing my work from last night I realized I had made two errors in the list I had sent out. In both instances, the prisoner's name is correct, however his sequence number is off. The correct sequence numbers to be released are as listed) and (not as listed). The first was just a typographical error; the second
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Good evening to everybody. Here are tonight's lists.
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Before anyone gets upset about the limited numbers of releases, what follows is a list of 84 names of prisoners at Camp Bucca whoare being authorized for release. All have been in Coalition custody for at least one month (and in many cases nearly two months) . Based upon the transfer manifest that was received at Camp Bucca when they arrived there,
all were apparently charged with de minimis, non-violent criminal violations. None of them had an apprehension file that
could be located after scouring the Magistrate's Cell office for two days. None had files in the Pending Court Action file
cabinet, the Crimes Against Coalition file cabinet, nor the Security Detainee file cabinet. None are listed as Ml Holds
prisoners credit for
the time they have already sewed, I have determined that justice requires their release at this time. If we are ever going be successful in the overarching goals of Operation Iraqi Freedom, we must demonstrate by our actions that we are going to
prepared to do the right thing even when it may not immediately benefit our interests.

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To: Monda August 11, 2003 2:59 PM
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Subject: 11.11.1111111.MAJ CJTF7-JRAT 01(E-mail) FW: CI Internment Order C; 011111.Ma ' (E-mail);
INTERNMENT
ORDER.doc

1LT IOW
Please share with COL VOINNOMP & CP

MAJOIMMI) . Subject to our CG's approval The attachment

is the form we plan to use to process security detainees. JAGs (including MAJ./MM.&
will do the initial review & the appeals would be done by a three officer panel

at the 800th MP Brigade with a JAG, S-2 rep & S-3 (MP) rep. We will bring MAJ
Panel

Cropper tomorrow.Thank you,

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From: I

MMININNIMMOM, LTC CJTF7-800TH MP BDE SJA

Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 9:47 AM

To: 1111.1111.111111.11. MAJ (SJAMAIN)
Subject: RE: CI Internment Orders

IMMIlt.
Attached is the
CG approves it.

draft of the confinement and appeal order we pin on using as soon as

tomorrow.

I also have 2 JAGs up here that will start reviewing detainee files

the
LTC

-----Original Message--___
From: 800 MP BDE SJA

To:
Sent:. MAJ (SJAMAIN)

t: 8/11/2003 5:19 AM
Subject: RE: CI Internment Orders

ems

For non-HVDs we haven't had them yet, but were starting based on the
latest FRAGO. There will be review by a JAG at the facility. I've

asked COL.
to give me 4 more judge advocates, plus I have
volunteers from Arifjan. The appeal is to a 3 person panel consisting
of myself, an MP officer from the 3 shop, anan officer from our 2 shop.
Baghdad.

Please send further questions to my address on the cc line here in
LTC eammin

-----Original Message--___
From: IMMUNIIIIIII.MAJ (SJAMAIN)

To: 800 MP BDE SJA

Cc:
(CDR NAVY); 41111111116CPT

CFLCC/3A-FWD-SJA;

MAJ CJTF7-SJA OPERATIONAL LAW ATTORNEY 111M11.

MAJ CJTF7-CHIEF LAW OPERATION OFF; Wallinam

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Sent: 8/10/2003 3:40 PM MAJ CJTF7-JRAT
Subject: CI Internment Orders
LTC Man and/or alb

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Hope this finds you well. CJTF-7 is looking at the Magistrate

procedures and Internment Order issues.

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Several questions have arisen:

1.

For the Non-HVDs, who is issuing the Internment Orders for the

civilian/security internees IAW with AR 190-8?

2.

Where are the orders being maintained: at the prisons, ie, IF/Bucca

or CHA or Abu Ghuraib/?

3.

Do you have a copy of the Internment Order form or letter th

can email to us?

at you

thanks

v/r

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