Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki cites lack of evidence in the release of Ali Daqduq . After he was captured in Basra in March 2007 , according to U.S. intelligence officials , Daqduq pretended to be a deaf-mute . The Iraqi government has said it will not allow a U.S. military presence on its soil and that any such move would be "illegal. " The U.S. military says Daqduq is a 24-year veteran of Hezbollah . Daqduq is accused of kidnapping and killing five U.S. soldiers in Iraq in 2007 .
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki cites lack of evidence in the release of Ali Daqduq . The Iraqi government has said it will not allow a U.S. military presence on its soil and that any such move would be "illegal." The U.S. military says Daqduq is a 24-year veteran of Hezbollah . Daqduq is accused of kidnapping and killing five U.S. soldiers in Iraq in 2007 .