Zalmay Khalilzad criticizes Iraqi interior minister

The American ambassador in Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad criticized for the second time within one week, the Iraqi ministry of interior and minister Bayan Jaber Soulagh. He said that the Iraqi police has to win the confidence of all social strata.

Zalmay Khalilzad criticized the ministry of interior over torture operations of Arab Sunni detainees in jails run by his ministry. Meantime, Zalmay said the compromises reached in negotiating Iraq's new constitution, including the mechanism for amending the document when the new Council of Representatives is seated, is an important step toward forging a national compact between all of the country’s ethnic and sectarian communities.