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Iraqi prisoners included kids, commander reports; Records provide some detail about women and children held at Abu Ghraib
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Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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March 11, 2005
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Children held by the U.S. Army at Iraq's Abu
Ghraib prison included one boy who appeared to be only about 8 years
old, the former commander of the prison told investigators, according
to a transcript.
"He looked like he was 8 years old. He told me he was almost 12,"
Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski told officials investigating prisoner
abuse at Abu Ghraib. "He told me his brother was there with him, but
he really wanted to see his mother, could he please call his mother.
He was crying."
Karpinski's statement is among hundreds of pages of Army records
about Abu Ghraib the American Civil Liberties Union released
Thursday. The ACLU got the documents under a Freedom of Information ...
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