Friday, April 06, 2007

Training For The American Concentration Camps

Number of Iraqis Detained by U.S. Skyrocketing

The Christian Science Monitor is reporting the number of Iraqis being detained by the United States is skyrocketing. Under the new Baghdad security plan, the U.S. is apprehending thousands of Iraqis. Before the beginning of so-called surge, the U.S. was holding 13,000 Iraqis. Now 18,000 Iraqis are being held. And Army General David Petraeus is making plans to be able to hold up to 40,000 Iraqis in coming months. According to the Christian Science Monitor the U.S. will hold many of these detainees indefinitely. To help staff the expanding jails, the Pentagon announced on Monday the deployment of more than 2,000 additional US military police to Iraq.


Source: Democracy Now, April 6, 2007

Christian Science Monitor article, April 6, 2007

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