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DOS Cable re: Request from Latvian Parliamentarians to Release and Return Latvian Student from Prison in Iraq

Nov. 14, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4362
State Department cable relating a request from Latvian Parliamentarians requesting the release of Latvian student from prison in Iraq. The Latvians claim that the gentleman was arrested on suspicion of being a "potential foreign mercenary" and is being held in custody at Buchbucraland prison. The Latvians point out that Lativan soldiers are serving in Iraq as part of the multi-national forces in Iraq, and as such is the case they are requesting that the gentleman’s case be reviewed and he be returned to Latvia for its law enforcement to handle the gentleman's case.
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