New Iraqi Government Negotiates Prisoner Transfer

NPR | By Vicky O'Hara

Published June 20, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports on the ongoing negotiations to transfer prisoners currently held in Iraq to the new Iraqi interim government.

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