detainees

U.S. Starts Parole System for Released Militants in Iraq

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Fri, 05/16/2008 - 5:00am

For many young recruits of al-Qaida in Iraq, it's not extremism or ideology that attracted them to the organization, but the opportunity to make money.

As a result, many detainees in prisons run by the U.S. military are released because they are not that dangerous.

The challenge is keeping them out of prison once they are freed.



 

Viewpoint: A Ghraib concern

Daily Texan  Wed, 03/26/2008 - 11:00pm

It's been almost three years since the scandal at Abu Ghraib brought to light undeniable evidence that the United States Army had been involved in the routine mistreatment of prisoners and "detainees," yet still only a handful of soldiers have been prosecuted - none above the level of staff sergeant.



 

Army vet speaks against mistreatment of detainees

Daily Texan  Thu, 03/20/2008 - 11:00pm

James Yee went from being a decorated U.S. Army soldier serving in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to being accused of espionage, spying and aiding the facility's detainees.



 

Serbs attack U.N. convoy in Kosovo flare-up (Reuters)

Ytop stories  Mon, 03/17/2008 - 2:13am

Serb protesters throw stones at French NATO peacekeeping troops during clashes in the ethnically divided city of Kosovska Mitrovica, March 17, 2008.<br /><br />(Oleg Popov/Reuters)Reuters - Serbs attacked a U.N.



 

Serbs attack U.N. convoy in Kosovo: witness (Reuters)

Ytop stories  Mon, 03/17/2008 - 1:38am

Serbian boy plays with plastic toy guns in front of United Nations court building in the ethnically divided Kosovo town of Mitrovica March 16, 2008. n.<br /><br />(Marko Djurica/Reuters)Reuters - Serbs attacked a U.N.