Posted on 11/16/2005 12:07:11 PM PST by Sub-Driver
U.S. Has Detained 83,000 in War on Terror
By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes ago
The United States has detained more than 83,000 foreigners in the four years of the war on terror, enough to nearly fill the NFL's largest stadium. The administration defends the practice of holding detainees in prisons from Afghanistan to Guantanamo Bay as a critical tool to stop the insurgency in Iraq, maintain stability in Afghanistan and get known and suspected terrorists off the streets.
Roughly 14,500 detainees remain in U.S. custody, primarily in Iraq.
The number has steadily grown since the first CIA paramilitary officers touched down in Afghanistan in the fall of 2001, setting up more than 20 facilities including the "Salt Pit," an abandoned factory outside Kabul used for CIA detention and interrogation.
In Iraq, the number in military custody hit a peak on Nov. 1, according to military figures. Nearly 13,900 suspects were in U.S. custody there that day — partly because U.S. offensives in western Iraq put pressure on insurgents before the October constitutional referendum and December parliamentary elections.
The detentions and interrogations have brought complaints from Congress and human-rights groups about how the detainees — often Arab and male — are treated.
International law and treaty obligations forbid torture and inhumane treatment. Classified memos have given the government ways to extract intelligence from detainees "consistent with the law," administration officials often say.
On Capitol Hill, Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record), R-Ariz., is leading a campaign to ban cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody. The administration says the legislation could tie the president's hands. Vice President Dick Cheney has pressed lawmakers to exempt the CIA.
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"U.S. Detains 83,000 in war on terror"
Wow, today was a good day.
Obviously haven't detained enough, if the Jordan bomber was arrested and released.
This is the stupidest thing I've ever read. How many people did we "detain" in the first Gulf War? 500,000?
Better get rid of them quick before the US Senate makes them all US Citizens
ZERO. I know that doesn't fit you Hate Mexicans Dogma, it is, however, reality. Too bad for delusions.
That ain't the half-of-it; The RATS & RINOs wanna "Gag 'n Bag" President Bush with their UN-mandated so-called-but-never-fully-carried-out "rules"
Just the same 14,500 people, detained 5.72 times each.
Hopefully have killed at least that many as well. Buzzards gotta eat too.
"The detentions and interrogations have brought complaints from Congress and human-rights groups about how the detainees — often Arab and male — are treated."
Well, that's just too bad. Why should we care if they try to do harm to our country? And the voice of the Associated Press writer sounds as though she's right in there defending these creeps! There ya go. Leave it to the press to cause as much trouble as they can...
Let's double that number!
Isn't the number classified?
Who is going to go to prison for leaking it?
When they get to 83 million give me a call!
I just knew there was a good reason to clean up and fix the Superdome!
My English is rusty. Someone please tell me that "detained" is the same thing as "killed."
hehehe!
Maybe you ought to have a quick read of this: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1523184/posts
A U.S. lawmaker says elements of the war on terror are now spilling across the nation's southwestern border...
Rep. John A. Culberson, R-Texas, also says there has been an increase in apprehensions of so-called "special interest aliens," or SIAs – aliens from countries where al-Qaida is known to be in operation – along the U.S.-Mexico border...
Further, an increasing number of Texas law enforcement officials are reporting al-Qaida-related arrests and activity, and say the nation's porous borders are making it easier for suspected terrorists to infiltrate the U.S. .....
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