US, British holding 10,000 prisoners in Iraq

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Over 350 foreigners are among about 10,000 detainees being held in US-run prisons in Iraq, Iraq's Human Rights Minister Bakhtiar Amin Over says. "US forces told us on December 23 that they are holding 353 foreign terrorists," Mr Amin said.

He says they include: 61 Egyptians, 59 Saudis, 56 Syrians, 40 Jordanians, 35 Sudanese, 22 Iranians, 10 Tunisians, 10 Yemenis, eight Palestinians and five Lebanese, among others. US military detainee operations spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Barry Johnston refused to comment on the figures. "I will not confirm numbers of specific nationalities held among foreign fighters," Lt Col Johnston said.

"As a matter of policy, we only share those numbers with government officials."Both the Iraqi and US governments blame foreigners mainly from Syria and Iran for much of the violence in the country.

Mr Amin says 4,691 prisoners were being held in Camp Bucca near the southern port city of Umm Qasr, 3,411 in Abu Ghraib west of Baghdad and 818 in Al-Shuaiba British controlled Basra. He also says that 104 are being held in Camp Cropper, near Baghdad's airport, where Saddam and other so-called "high-value" detainees are located.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1273053.htm

[LynnTheDem]

1. Wow a WHOPPING 350 FURRENERS!!!

All of whom may have been living in Iraq for years.

Out of "about 10,000" the US admits to having hidden away.

And of course we won't mention the 200,000 furren invaders all wearing military uniforms.

So let's see...according to bush's own website, which agrees to the HRW site, some 14,674 Iraqis "remain unaccounted for" over the last decade of Hussein's presidency.

And under bush, in 2 years, "about 10,000" are detained with no one but bushCartel accountable.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Those are the "lucky" ones.