BAGHDAD - The 24 Iraqi interior and defence ministry officers who were arrested this week on suspicion of aiding terrorism have been released without charge, the interior ministry said on Saturday. "They have all been released and the allegations were dropped," Brigadier General Abdel Karim Khalaf said, without saying when the release took place. "They are patriotic officers. We will take action against the people who made the allegations against them," he said. On Thur... Read more »