U.S. Court Blocks Transfer of U.S. Prisoner to Iraqi Government
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit yesterday upheld a lower court order barring U.S. forces in Iraq from transferring a U.S.-citizen enemy combatant to Iraqi custody. The case, Omar v. Harvey, is a potentially important one because it indicates that U.S. federal courts will continue to maintain habeas corpus jurisdiction, even where petitioners are held by...