One small step... but a step, nonetheless

U.S. military frees AP photographer in Iraq
By Dean Yates
16 Apr 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer working for the Associated Press in Iraq was freed from U.S. military custody on Wednesday after being held for two years, the news agency said.
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The U.S. military had accused Hussein of working with insurgents in the country. AP has repeatedly denied any improper links and said Hussein was only doing his job as a journalist.

Hussein, 36, was freed after the U.S. military conducted a review of his status and decided he was no longer a security threat. That followed a decision by an Iraqi judicial panel that dismissed allegations against Hussein and ordered him released under an amnesty law passed by parliament in February.

Note: it was an Iraqi court that set this in motion, finding that Hussein's case fell within the scope of recently passed amnesty laws. The court made no finding of fact regarding the charges against Hussein.

Now, on to Gitmo!