The decision by a four-judge panel says Hussein's case falls under a new amnesty law and orders Iraqi courts to "cease legal proceedings." The ruling says that Hussein should be "immediately" released if no other charges are pending.So, what does this mean - they had info, but had to drop it because of the amnesty provisions (one of the benchmarks by the way), or that they didn't have info on Hussein?
The ruling is dated Monday but AP's lawyers were not able to thoroughly review it until Wednesday.
Either way, the guy walks. Expect the AP to issue a statement crowing about the latter - claiming that there was no info tying Hussein to terrorism, despite always seemingly being in the right place at the right time, and being caught in the presence of al Qaeda terrorists.
UPDATE:
Michelle Malkin, who has been all over this story from the outset, along with Hot Air, notes that Hussein isn't exactly going to go free. The US military still has a shot at the guy, especially based on their prior statements about evidence showing him as collaborating with al Qaeda.
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