Briton in British custody in Iraq for 9 months

The Guardian reported that the UK apprehended a dual Iraqi/UK citizen in October, 2004 in Iraq and have kept him in custody for the past 9 months without a hearing. A lawyer working on his behalf was able to petition in a London court yesterday that this detention was illegal. Hilal Abdul-Razzaq Ali al-Jedda, 47, believes he is being held for his friendship with a man British authorities allege is a bombmaker. Al-Jedda's lawyer argued that his client's "internment" was in breach of the European convention on human rights (which the Blair government has "opted out of" since 9-11). The judgement is scheduled for next month. Meanwhile Al-Jedda waits in Shu'aiba detention centre near Basra.