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DOS Memo re: Talking Points on Abu Ghraib and Iraqi Governance After June 30, 2004

May 6, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3992
DOS Memo re: Talking Points on the Iraqi government taking over Abu Ghraib prison and Iraqi Governance in general post the June 30, 2004 turn-over to the Iraqis. The memo states "The Iraqi criminal justice system, including a number of courts, magistrates, and prisons, is already under the control and oversight of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior and will be under the control of the Iraqi Interim Government on June 30." and "On June 30, the Coalitional Provisional Authority will dissolve. The Iraqi government that replaces it will be invested with authority to govern Iraq until elections are held in January 2005. This government, as described by UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, will be made up of competent people of the highest integrity and reflecting the broad diversity of the Iraqi people."
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