In news from Iraq, the US military has announced it plans to release the Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein on Wednesday after holding him without charge for two years. Last week, an Iraqi judicial committee called for Hussein’s release. The US military claimed Hussein had links to Iraqi insurgents, but charges were never filed against the Iraqi-born photographer. Throughout his incarceration, Hussein maintained he is innocent. Last month, AP president Tom Curley said, “We believe Bilal’s detention was part of a sweep of photographers by the military and was intended to prevent coverage of a part of the war that was not going well.”