U.S. military releases about 390 male detainees in Iraq

[sabra]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060227iraqdetainees,1,6896571.story?coll=chi-news-hed

U.S. military releases about 390 male detainees in Iraq

The Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The U.S. military released about 390 detainees in Iraq on Monday after a review committee found no reason to hold the men, a statement said.

The releases were recommended by a panel consisting of U.S. and Iraqi officials from the ministries of human rights, justice and interior, the military statement said.

Kidnappers of American freelance journalist Jill Carroll initially demanded the release of all women detainees in Iraq but later revised their demands. The deadline they set passed Sunday without word of her fate.

All the detainees released Monday were men, the military said.

[Mythsaje]

1. So how long were they held

how were they treated, and what kind of reparations are offered to those who were held without cause?

Let me guess.

Who knows?

Terribly.

and none.

[pocket]

2. they had to hold them long enough

for the marks from the jumper-cables to heal up and disappear

[Barrett808]

3. These hostage releases are almost certainly part of the negotiations

That is, "negotiations with terrorists" as we cut and run from Anbar province.

[arikara]

4. that newspeak word "detainee" always irks me

It implies that they are merely detained for a short time then released. They are PRISONERS when they are held indefinitely, abused and tortured.

[president4aday]

5. I feel the same way about "in custody", instead of....

kidnapped.

Better than prisoners, is hostages.