‘US will Turn Abu Ghraib Over to Iraqis’

The British newspaper The Guardian wrote that Iraqi officials had applied to US officials to take back administration of the prisons and that their request had been approved. Iraqi Minister of Human Rights Bahtiyar Amin described the development as an "indication that the new Iraqi administration is starting to gain legitimacy." A US official said only ‘normal’ criminals will be turned over to the new administration but that ‘dangerous’ prisoners would remain under US control.