LONDON (Reuters) - An Iraqi tipped as possible president of an interim government has called for the United States to cede control of Iraq's prisons when the U.S.-led coalition hands over power in six weeks, The Times newspaper says.
Iraq's U.S. occupiers are determined to formally give power to an Iraqi interim government on June 30, though Washington has said the new government's sovereignty will be limited, particularly in military and security affairs.
"All prisons should be under the control of a sovereign Iraqi government, there is no question about that," Adnan Pachachi told The Times on Thursday.
Pachachi, a member of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council who others on that body have indicated could serve as president, is also in favour of demolishing Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison.
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