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| U.S. to reduce inmates at Iraq prison |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 05/10/2004 |
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About 2,000 Iraqis demonstrated in front of Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison last Wednesday to protest U.S. treatment of prisoners there, as the commander of U.S.-run prisons in Iraq promised to end humiliating interrogation techniques. The protesters, enraged about pictures of Iraqi prisoners being abused by smiling American officers, gathered outside the main gate, with some chanting "America and Israel are the enemies of God," and "democracy doesn't mean killing innocent people." They also hoisted a banner which said: "Free women or we will launch jihad." Abdul-Salam Al-Qubeisi, a leading member of the Association of Muslim Scholars, which organized the protest, called on the United States to punish all of the soldiers who were involved in abusing Iraqis and pay compensation to the victims. He also said that human rights groups should be allowed to visit the prisoners. Last Tuesday, the U.S. military said it was ordering troops to use blindfolds instead of hoods, and requiring interrogators to get permission before depriving inmates of sleep - one of the most common techniques reported by freed Iraqis. Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, former commander of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, said he would cut the number of inmates at Abu Ghraib to fewer than 2,000 from the current 3,800. He said his changes to interrogation techniques were aimed at getting "the maximum amount of intelligence" while treating prisoners in a humane manner. |
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