NEW YORK - The U.S. military is holding about 500 juveniles suspected of being "unlawful enemy combatants" in detention centers in Iraq and has about 10 detained in Afghanistan, the United States has told the United Nations.
A total of 2,500 youths under the age of 18 have been detained, almost all in Iraq, for periods up to a year or more in President Bush's anti-terrorism campaign since 2002, the United States reported last week to the U.N.'s Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Civil liberties groups such as the International Justice Network and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) denounced the detentions as abhorrent, and a violation of U.S. treaty obligations.
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Having nearly bought it because of one of them "youth" I can say that I give a flying fuck.
US: 500 youths detained in Iraq; 10 in Afghanistan
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US: 500 youths detained in Iraq; 10 in Afghanistan
4/1 ID Enbrace the suck.
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and how does the ACLU suppose it will coerce the enemy to stop arming/training/deploying kids as fighters?
Get them to sign a treaty maybe?
Get them to sign a treaty maybe?
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I walked the TIFs (Theater Internment Facilities) at Abu Ghraib, Suse, Bucca, Cropper every week with my principal - I can tell you first hand that the juveniles are the worst and hardest-core insurgents - easily influenced and brainwashed/dedicated to their cause. Most of the juveniles who are detained for a long period are Wahabbi's.
All the juveniles are kept segregated from adults and the watchdog procedures for the guards are even more stringent.
All the juveniles are kept segregated from adults and the watchdog procedures for the guards are even more stringent.
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