It is a bit of an odd story (I've essayed about five pieces over the Mainz teenager murdered by the Iraqi 20-year old guy).....but it's worth laying this out.
This Iraqi guy had a chance to 'escape' and made his way to Dusseldorf.....boarding a plane to Istanbul with a short-term passport issued by the Iraqi embassy. From there, he and the family flew onto Iraq. The Germans called up and wanted to work up an extradition deal, but calmly said that it didn't have such a treaty with the Iraqis. You could predict this would be a mess.
But those Kurds looked at the problem, and then said....no, there's no need for an extradition treaty or the request for an extradition.
You see....he entered Iraq with a passport into his old country, but with a fraudulent name. At that point, he was still in Germany, with a visa application going on. So the Kurds said he's wanted by the Germans and they'd just return him. No real paperwork or extradition.
The lawyer folks back in Germany who wanted to hype up his basic rights of extradition? Basically screwed......there's no case for that.
The PR work going on? The government is going as far out as possible to show their tough nature on this, and the fact that this guy will have a day in court. Maybe it will relieve the public frustration a little.
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