A look at life for the hundreds held in Abu Ghraib prison

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Some of the inmates appeared to be in their early teens. Others were old and bearded and walked with the aid of sticks. One young man, who appeared to be blind, was escorted by a friend who desperately tried to point out his incapacity.

Major General Geoffrey Miller, brought in to run the jail after the dismissal of Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, who was in charge when the abuses are alleged to have taken place last year, said the ages of detainees ranged from 12 to 80.

About 3900 prisoners are held at Abu Ghraib, Iraq's largest prison and notorious under Saddam Hussein for torture, abuse, and executions. The vast majority were arrested for "anti-coalition activities".

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WHY ARE WE STILL HOLDING CHILDREN AND CRIPPLED ELDERLY?


Me Book

I feel my blood pressure rise. And after I hear how they saddled up that 70-year old woman, I practically apoplectic.

This issue has pissed me of more than anything in this war. The fact that Americans perpetrated this seems unreal. I always believed that we had set ourselves up to be much better than other countries where prisoners are savaged; not forced to simulate oral sex while having your privates judged by some goon.

The tin-foil hatters that say its becoming more like "1984" everyday, don't sound too far off anymore. What is going on with this country?

in Iraq, it's not too much of a stretch to rounding up and imprisoning people for no reason (or for made up reasons) right here in the good ole US of A . . . could that happen if BushCo gets another term? . . . I don't think I want to find out . . .