5,000 Iraqis detained by US
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Basil Adas; 14/8/08
There are about 4,000 to 5,000 detainees in US custody accused of being linked with Al Qaida, Omar Al Jouburi, a former advisor to Iraqi Vice-President Tariq Al Hashimi, told Gulf News. “These detainees are distributed between Copper prison which is near the Baghdad Airport and Boca prison in Basra,” Al Jouburi said. Al Jouburi confirmed all detainees were Sunni Arabs and that their fate remains unknown because of US refusal to provide any information or abide by the amnesty law issued by the Iraqi government a few months ago.
