US detains nearly 25,000 in Iraq- Nearly 1,000 Under The Age of 16

[T.Ruth2power]

US detains nearly 25,000 in Iraq Wed Oct 10, 11:29 AM ET

BAGHDAD (AFP) - The US military is holding nearly 25,000 people in its prisons in Iraq, 860 of whom are under the age of 16, the general in charge of their detention said on Wednesday.

Eighty-three percent of inmates are Sunnis and 16 percent are Shiite, General Douglas Stone told a press conference in Baghdad.

More at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071010/pl_afp/iraqunrestusprisoners_071010152928

[babylonsister]

1. They must be right proud of themselves. And this is protecting us? nt

[Solly Mack]

2. Stone brought us "religious enlightenment"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR2007091802203.html

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Re-education camps.

Though concentration camps seems just as apropos.

[Solly Mack]

4. and such should be chilling to everyone who reads it

but I get the feeling too many people just put it out of their minds