Number of Prisoners Held By U.S. in Iraq Tops 10,000

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Number of prisoners held by U.S. in Iraq tops 10,000

MATT KELLEY, Iraqwar.ru

WASHINGTON — The United States is holding about 10,500 prisoners in Iraq, more than double the number held in October, the military says.About 100 of those prisoners are under age 18, said Army Lt. Col. Guy Rudisill, a spokesman for detention operations in Iraq.

Five months ago, the military said it was holding about 4,300 prisoners in Iraq. The growth in the prison population has come amid a lingering insurgency in Iraq and despite the formal transfer of power to an interim Iraqi government last JuneThe number of U.S.-held prisoners in Iraq declined last summer after international outrage over abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. Revelations of abuse have continued since then; on Friday, the Army released documents detailing a half-dozen prison abuse investigations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The reports said soldiers had stripped prisoners naked and released them to walk home, beaten detainees with their fists and feet, broke a prisoner's jaw and forced detainees to exercise to the point of exhaustion. One investigator concluded prisoners at a temporary jail near Mosul were systematically mistreated and possibly tortured in December 2003.

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About 1,200 of the prisoners in Iraq are being held at temporary facilities at forward bases, Rudisill said. He said the other 9,300 are held in three permanent prisons: the Abu Ghraib jail near Baghdad, Camp Cropper at the Baghdad International Airport and Camp Bucca in southern Iraq.

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1. Any trials?

I have read that many detainees never even recieve charges of crimes;they are just held however long they are felt like being held.

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2. No Trials