Monday, May 10, 2004

The New York Times > International > AP: Saddam's Officials Got Special Abuse:
"U.S. military personnel singled out senior officials of Saddam Hussein's regime for special abuse in coalition prison, including solitary confinement for months on end, The Associated Press has learned.

The Iraqi officials were identified only as ``high-value detainees'' in a confidential report by the International Committee of the Red Cross."

The report did not specify who the detainees were, but an official who has discussed the document with ICRC officials told The Associated Press that they include many from the Pentagon's 55 most-wanted suspects in a ``deck of cards'' the U.S. military released during the war that ousted Saddam last year.

``Since June 2003 over a hundred 'high-value detainees' have been held for nearly 23 hours a day in strict solitary confinement in small concrete cells devoid of daylight,'' said the report, which was given to coalition forces in February.

``Their continued internment several months after their arrest in strict solitary confinement constituted a serious violation of the third and fourth Geneva Conventions,'' said the 24-page report, confirmed by the ICRC as authentic after it was published by The Wall Street Journal Monday.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Red-Cross-Prisoner-Abuse.html

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