Transitional Justice in Iraq Is Anything But - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Jan 14, 2013

A suspected al-Qaeda militant is taken away by Iraqi police after a presentation to the media at the Interior Ministry in Baghdad November 21, 2011. A total of 22 suspected militants were presented to the media on Monday as they await their trial, according to the police. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) — A suspected al-Qaeda militant, scheduled for trial, is taken away by Iraqi police after a presentation to reporters at the Interior Ministry in Baghdad, Nov. 21, 2011. — REUTERS/Saad Shalash

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Kurdish Peshmerga troops are deployed on the outskirts of Kirkuk, some 250km (155 miles) north of Baghdad December 3, 2012. Iraq's Kurdish region has sent reinforcements to a disputed area where its troops are involved in a standoff with the Iraqi army, a senior Kurdish military official said, despite calls on both sides for dialogue to calm the situation. Picture taken December 3, 2012. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3B6TV

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