Ali Mussa Daqduq false IDs (Bill Roggio/Long Wars Journal)
On Friday, U.S forces transferred the last prisoner they had been holding in Iraq over to Iraqi officials, CNN reports.Ali Mussa Daqduq, a senior Lebanese militant suspected of helping plot a 2007 ambush in Karbala that killed five U.S troops, was transferred into Iraqi custody, National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor told CNN Friday.
"We did so because we felt that was the fastest possible way to bring him to justice," Vietor told CNN's Adam Levine. "We are continuing to discuss this case with the Iraqis."
"We take this case very seriously, and for that reason have sought and received assurances that he will be tried for his crimes," Vietor added. "We have worked this at the highest levels of the U.S. and Iraqi governments, and we continue to discuss with the Iraqis the best way to ensure that he faces justice."
The United States has previously sought Daqduq's extradition in order to try him before a military commission, LongWarJournal's Bill Roggio reported last May. But ultimately, American military authorities gave up and handed him over to the Iraqis after "it became clear the Iraqis would not be able to" extradite him, Levine wrote.
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