U.S. Gives Ultimatum to Britain: Share Evidence Quickly or U.S. Surrenders Prisoners to Iraq

On August 18, 2020, U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr sent a letter to Priti Patel, British Home Department Secretary, promising that, if the British government shares evidence with the U.S. by October 15, 2020, the U.S. will prosecute two notorious British Islamic detainees accused of participating in the torture and beheadings of Western hostages, without imposing the death penalty in the event they are convicted. If Britain does not transfer the evidence by October 15, then Barr promises to transfer them to Iraq for prosecution in the Iraqi justice system.[1]