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United States Holds Large Numbers of Detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

John R. Crook
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 102 , Issue 4 , October 2008 , pp. 879 - 880
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2008

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References

1 Selcan, Hacaoglu More Than 10,000 Detainees Released in Iraq , Aug. 2, 2008, at <http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5501300>..>Google Scholar

2 Walter Pincus, U.S. Working to Reshape Iraqi Detainees , Wash. Post, Sept. 19, 2007, at A1.Google Scholar

3 Id.; see Multinational Force-Iraq Press Release 080709, Coalition Releases More Detainees by July 2008 Than Were Released for All of 2007 (July 9, 2008), at <http://www.mnf-iraq.com>.

4 Walter, Pincus U.S. Official Cites ‘Hardening of Iraqi Detainees , Wash. Post, June 10, 2008, at A12.Google Scholar

5 Alissa, J. Rubin U.S. Remakes Jails in Iraq, but Gains Are at Risk , N.Y. Times, June 2, 2008, at A1Google Scholar; Thom, Shanker With Troop Rise, Iraqi Detainees Soar in Number , N.Y. Times, Aug. 21, 2007, at A1Google Scholar.

6 See section below: Negotiations Continuing Between United States and Iraq on Terms of Future Relationship.

7 Solomon, Moore In Decrepit Court System, Prisoners Jam Iraq ‘s Jails , N.Y. Times, Feb. 14, 2008, at A12Google Scholar; Rubin, supra note 5.

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9 ICRC News Release 08/03, Afghanistan: Video Links Between Bagram Detainees and Families (Jan. 14, 2008), at <http://www.icrc.org>.

10 Del Quentin, Wilber In Courts, Afghanistan Air Base May Become Next Guantanamo , Wash. Post, June 29, 2008, at A14.Google Scholar

11 Id.

12 Walter, Pincus U.S. Has Detained 2,500 Juveniles as Enemy Combatants , Wash. Post, May 15, 2008, at A11.Google Scholar

13 The U.S. report is available at <http://wwwl.umn.edu/humanrts/us_docs.html>.

14 Shanker, supra note 5; U.S. Says It Is Holding 500 Youths in Iraq, N.Y. Times, May 20, 2008, at Al 5.

15 ACLU Press Release, New Government Report Reveals 2,500 Youths Held in Military Custody Abroad (May 14, 2008), at <http://www.aclu.org/intlhumanrights/gen/35286prs20080514.html>.