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| U.S. Detains Westerners in Iraq |
| 2003-09-16 |
| The United States is holding in Iraq six prisoners who claim to be Americans and two who say they are Britons, the general in charge of detention centers said Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, commander of the 800th Military Police Brigade, said the eight were considered security detainees - those who attacked or helped carry out attacks against coalition troops - and were being interrogated by military intelligence. Interrogate them vigorously, please. Karpinski said they are being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, 12 miles west of Baghdad, one of the most potent symbols of Saddam Hussein’s regime. Now under new managment. She would not provide further details. "I can say no more!" It was the first time the U.S. military has acknowledged the detention of Westerners in connection with attacks on American troops in Iraq. Been waiting for some of these "volunteers" to show up. Bet they turn out to be graduates of the best Pakistani religous schools. We want names, dammit. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 Where the hell is the outrage when Western civilians are murdered and hacked to death? Screw'em! |
| Posted by: Anonymous4719 2004-05-03 1:21:20 PM |
| #8 The world's seen photos of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners. Bend over Janet --- your macho reign of terror is over... maybe you'll have a taste of your medicine in the future? |
| Posted by: Anonymous4703 2004-05-02 4:02:54 AM |
| #7 Cool link, Paul. I see that this is billed as "a revolutionary cattle handling system"----just the thing for handling revolutionary cattle. |
| Posted by: atomic conspiracy 2003-9-16 6:24:30 PM |
| #6 Wonder if some of the 'human shields' wer caught packing heat. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-16 5:24:49 PM |
| #5 Geld em at the end...don't need the riffraff in the gene pool and they won't be needing 'nads where they're going |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-9-16 5:11:07 PM |
| #4 If you have 10,000 head of prisoners, you are going to need some good, heavy-duty equipment to process and sort them. This should fill the ticket. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-9-16 5:00:47 PM |
| #3 More: "We actually do have six who are claiming to be Americans, two who are claiming to be from the U.K. We're continuing the interviewing process. The details become sketchy and their story changes," Karpinski said, according to the AP. What a suprise, well no, not really. Asked about the detainees at a Pentagon news conference, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said: "The truth is that the folks that we've scooped up have, on a number of occasions, multiple identifications from different countries. They're quite skilled at confusing people as to what their real nationality is or where they came from or what they're doing." Some of them don't even remember who they are anymore. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-9-16 4:14:24 PM |
| #2 More details: US officials have admitted they are holding 10,000 prisoners in Iraq, double the number previously reported, including six claiming to be Americans and two who say they are British. "They didn't fit into any category," said Brigadier General Janis Karpinski of the 3,800 extra people who have now been classified as "security detainees." "We got an order from the Secretary of Defence (Donald Rumsfeld) to categorise them" about a month ago, she said, but gave few details about who these detainees were. "We were securing them. We didn't want people to be confused" about their status, she said. Asked if they had any rights or had access to their families or legal help while they were being "secured", she said: "It's not that they don't have rights ... they have fewer rights than EPWs (enemy prisoners of war)." There were previously some 600 people classified as security detainees, so that category now numbers about 4,400, said General Karpinski. There are 300 enemy prisoners of war, and about 5,300 criminals or suspected criminals in detention, making a rough total of 10,000, she added. General Karpinski said that "several hundred third-country nationals" were among the prisoners held on security grounds since Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was overthrown in April by US and British forces. "Six are claiming to be Americans and two are claiming to be from the UK," she said. Ten thousand bad guys, of various flavors, in the jug. Yup, sounds like quagmire, for them. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-9-16 3:38:19 PM |
| #1 I'm amused by the "Westerner" label; let's hold off on such labels until we find out whether the "Westerners" are named Mohammed Al-Jihadi, speak broken English, and are American In Citizenship Only... |
| Posted by: Carl in NH 2003-9-16 11:48:53 AM |