A Meeting with the Minister (Justice)

I already blogged about my meeting with the Minister of Justice. We discussed detention facilities, the need to process detainees faster, keep better arrest records, etc. Unfortunately, the Minister went on vacation for most of August, but things seem to be progressing without him. Just yesterday, the Iraqis released over 80 detainees from Khadamiya, one of the overcrowded prisons that had become a political embarassment to the governent. So things are moving, if slowly...

Below are some pictures from outside the Minister's office, in front of the Monument to the Unknown Soldier. There used to be one where I appear beside an Iraqi Army colonel -- just promoted to brigadier general -- who has done a workmanlike job in investigating atrocities by Iraqi police. I took it down for security reasons.