They hid 'ghost detainees" from Red Cross! Abuse was planned-

Jailed Iraqis hidden from Red Cross, says US army

Julian Borger in Washington
Wednesday May 5, 2004
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0%2C2763%2C1209681%2C00.html

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The Taguba report described how "ghost detainees" were brought to the military police (MP) unit running several jails in Iraq by OGAs (military jargon for other government agencies, often a reference to the CIA).

"The various detention facilities operated by the 800th MP Brigade have routinely held persons brought to them by OGAs without accounting for them, knowing their identities, or even the reason for their detention," the report stated.

"The joint interrogation and debriefing centre (JIDC) at Abu Ghraib called these detainees 'ghost detainees'. On at least one occasion, the 320th MP Battalion at Abu Ghraib held a handful of 'ghost detainees' for OGAs that they moved around within the facility to hide them from a visiting International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) survey team."

Amanda Williamson, an ICRC spokeswoman, said its prison inspectors were not aware that prisoners had been hidden from them.


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This just gets worse and worse.