I think it's pretty clear that Nouri al Maliki is convinced that he no longer has to answer to us and wants to ensure his continued control of Iraq. The question is how far will he go and how soon. Ayad Allawi and others in opposition to al Maliki claim that al Maliki has gone to the level whereby he has imprisoned many (over 1000?) members of opposition political parties. But, the claim is that al Maliki has gone beyond simply imprisonment; there is no access to legal counsel and there is torture.
Allawi's claims got some support earlier this week when The Guardian reported that Iraqi security forces are arresting people on trumped-up charges so that they can get payoff money from the prisoners' families, even though some of the prisoners have been tortured.
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