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2,408 Days of Illegal Imprisonment

By Alexa

Tomorrow, August 15, marks the fifth anniversary of Iraq Moratorium. Please visit this link to find events in your area, and some ideas on what you can do to protest the war today.

U.S. Segregates Violent Iraqi Prisoners in Crates
The U.S. military is segregating violent Iraqi prisoners in wooden crates that in some cases are not much bigger than the prisoners.

Three grainy black-and-white photos show the rudimentary structures of wood and mesh. Some of the boxes are as small as 3 feet by 3 feet by 6 feet tall, according to military officials. There was no image released of a box that size.

The average Iraqi male is 5 feet 6 inches tall, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Health. That leaves little room for a prisoner to move once placed inside. See how a man might fit in the crate.

The photos were made public after a blogger filed a Freedom of Information Act request in 2005.
Attorney: Siddiqui Tortured and Targetted
The attorney for a Pakistani woman arrested on terror charges and accused of possessing a list of New York landmarks to attack said her client had been tortured soon after she was apprehended in Afghanistan on charges of trying to kill U.S. soldiers.

Pakistan Seeks Custody of Dr. Siddiqui's Children
Pakistan has asked the United States to hand over to it three children of Dr. Aafia Siddqui, who according to media reports are believed to be in the U.S. custody.

Young Detainees Appear At Guantanamo Hearings
Hearings opened Wednesday for two of the youngest detainees held at the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an observer with Amnesty International said.

Canadian Omar Khadr and Afghan national Mohammed Jawad were both teenagers when they were arrested in Afghanistan and eventually sent to Guantanamo Bay. Their separate hearings began around 9:00 am (1300 GMT) with both detainees appearing before the tribunal.

Amnesty denounced the hearings Wednesday saying in a statement: "Both were children when they were taken into US custody in Afghanistan in July and December 2002 respectively."

"Their years in US detention have been an affront to human rights principles, including standards governing the treatment of children in custody."

Full post as published by Never In Our Names on August 14, 2008 (boomark / email).