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BACK TO IRAQ?
May 4, 1998
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After bringing them to America, the u.s. government has decided that six Iraqis pose a security risk and
must return home. However, the government won't say how theypresent a risk to national security; tlra!
information is classified.
JEFFREY KAYE: Imprisoned in a federal detention center south ofLos
Angeles, six men·from Iraq face deportation. Although the United States
brought them here, the goverpment now considers them national security
risks. the case has attracted attention because its t:elian~e on c~assified
evidence has prevented the six from rebutting accusations a ainst them.
That, ~ccording to Rabih Aridi ofthe human rights p:: ~ ~{t~":. #~~~~~'% ~
group Amnesty International, violates basic ," "". ':~;~ :L
standards ofjustice. ~ -
"RABIH ARIDI: We believe they have been denied ~ ;,
due process because they were not allowed to
examine the evidence that was used against them.
Nor were their lawyers. We are talking about a right that is clearly stated in
the Universal Declaration ofHuman Rights and that-is the right to a fair
trial.
JEFFREY KAYE: The INS, the immigration & Naturalization Service,
maintains the men are not entitled to classified information. Paul Virtue is
INS general counsel.
A Constitutional question: h~s due process been
provided or denied to these men?
PAUL VIRTUE, INS: We believe that full due
.~ process has been provided to the extent we're
required to do so under the Constitution.
JEFfREY KAYE: The plen say they bel~nged to
U.S.~backed Iraqi opposition groups formed after the
1991 GulfWar. In 1996, opposition members and thousands ofother
refugees fled to the border \vith Turkey after the Iraqi army attacked rebel
strongholds in Northe~ Iraq. The U.S. flew 6,500 Iraqi refugees to the U.S.
.I~land ofGuam'in the PaCific. The evacuees included som~ 600 opposition '
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NEWSHOUR LINKS:
April28, 1,998
Amb. Butler discusses
efforts to verify the
destruction of Iraqi
weapons.
Apri/27,1998
lm..qi exiles search for an
alternative to Saddam
Hussein.
March 13, 1998
A panel ofexperts debate
whether it is time to lift
,SJInctiC?na on Iraq.-.
Online Forum
Noam Chomsky and James.
Wool~ debate U.S.
- foreign polley.
March 4, 1998
An interview with U.N.
Secretary General Kofi
Annan.
March 2, 1998
An interview with Iraq's
Ambassador to the U.N.
NizatHamdoon.