Iraqi mothers plead for right to visit detained sons and husbands

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031213/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_prisoners&cid=1514&ncid=1480

ABU GHARIB, Iraq (AFP) - Relatives of Iraqis detained by US forces in the prison at Abu Gharib, infamous in Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s times as a centre of torture and death, are demanding visiting rights. snip

Each one had a story to tell of betrayal, revenge or misfortune. Worse still none of the prisoners have been charged or allowed regular visits in the country's biggest penitentiary.


Hind Hussein al-Shumari, 35, said she had seen her brother only once, on October 8, some three weeks after his arrest.


"He had trouble walking and hardly recognized me," said Shumari, from the Sunni quarter of Adhamiyah. She has moved in with her mother, two sisters, a sister-in-law and two nieces aged five and six.

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[Jacobin]

1. That damn Saddam......oops, I mean Bush*

Violating their human rights....again.

[Voltaire99]

2. Sorry, mothers: US-style liberation isn't very...er, liberating!

But do enjoy your new Haliburton contracts.

[Eric J in MN]

3. What message are we sending to Iraquis about human rights? (nt)

nt