Iraq archives chief moves to seal Saddam-era files
- Published: 26 Sep 2012 at 10.49
- Online news: World
The terror of Saddam Hussein's secret police has lived on long after his fall through their millions of reports, which are still dragged up by Iraqi politicians and the media, often with damaging results.
An Iraqi specialist repairs damaged manuscripts at the Iraqi National Library and Archives in Baghdad. The terror of Saddam Hussein's secret police has lived on long after his fall through their millions of reports, which are still dragged up by Iraqi politicians and the media, often with damaging results.
But Saad Iskander, the head of Iraq's national archives, thinks the documents have been used for long enough, and is pushing legislation that would criminalise their release without the consent of the people they concern.
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