Images show pleading Iraq prisoners

[FourScore]

Images show pleading Iraq prisoners
Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:17pm ET
By Waleed Ibrahim and Peter Graff

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Rare footage from inside a Baghdad prison camp shows hundreds of inmates packed into wire-mesh tents, protesting their innocence.

"I have been jailed for two years and have never been put before a judge or court!" one prisoner is shown shouting.

The video pictures were given to Reuters Television on Saturday by the office of Sunni Arab Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, who visited the Rusafa prison compound in eastern Baghdad with his Shi'ite counterpart.

Hashemi told the prisoners that the authorities were working to speed up their cases and he promised better treatment.

The footage showed row upon row of outdoor tents made of wire mesh and covered with white plastic sheeting, each about the size of a basketball court and housing dozens of inmates.

"We are not asking for food or water. Just free us. We have committed no crimes," said one inmate...

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[Henny Penny]

1. Its the price they pay for freedom!

:mad: :argh: :banghead:

[Amonester]

2. I would bet my life these innocent human beings would have...

never been subjected to such a horrendous treatment in the Saddam years...

Only in the illegal bu$che/rove/chainy years this horror happened (and still happens). :mad:

[Glimmer of Hope]

3. "You are lucky to be here. At least you have security. Those outside do not even have security."

How is that? Where are the images?

[aquart]

4. What do we deserve for doing this to them?

It ain't health and happiness.