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October 2nd, 2005
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Is the number of Iraqi “detainees” far higher than officially reported?
This little piece from AFP has rather odd figures:
Lieutenant-Colonel Guy Rudisill, spokesman for prison operations in
Iraq, said about 42,000 Iraqis had been detained by the US military since the March 2003 invasion, of whom about 11,240 had since been released.
This would imply that the US is still holding over 30,000, far higher than the 17,000 figure usually cited in the US press. The only alternative that would make these numbers consistent is if thousands had died in US custody, which seems unlikely. Has anyone seen these figures elsewhere?
October 2nd, 2005