
U.S. won't hand over prisons until Iraq raises standards CBC \|\| January 06, 2006 [KDR: Sometimes you can't help but laugh at their hypocrisy.] Related - Quote of the Week: George W. Bush The U.S. military says it won't relinquish control over the prisons it runs in Iraq until officials raise their level of care. Iraqi authorities still haven't demonstrated they can meet American standards, U.S. military officials say. Their comments came weeks after scores of abused and neglected prisoners were revealed to be in two detention centres run by the Iraqi Interior Ministry. "We will not pass on facilities or detainees until they meet the standards we define and that we are using today," Maj.-Gen. John D. Gardner, who oversees U.S.-run prisons in Iraq, told the New York Times in a report published Sunday. Gardner said the American detention centres have "come a long way" since the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. The huge detention centre near Baghdad achieved worldwide notoriety after the release of photographs showing the abuse and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners by some U.S. soldiers. Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com "Abu Ghraib was criminal and I was appalled," said Gardner, who assumed command of the prisons on Nov. 30. The U.S. military says it is facing serious overcrowding in most of its prisons in Iraq. In late December, its facilities were holding about 14,000 prisoners – up from about 8,000 in January 2005. Pentagon leaders are said to be eager to relinquish care of the detainees to Iraqi authorities. But a military spokesman, Lt.-Col. Barry Johnson, said the United States might have to delay its plan to hand over control of the prisons in 2006. "A specific timeline for doing this is difficult to project at this stage with so many variables," Johnson told the Associated Press on Sunday. "The Iraqis are committed to doing this right and will not rush to failure. The transition will be based on meeting standards, not on a timeline." Sunni Muslims in Iraq have long levelled allegations of abuse and torture in prisons run by Iraq's Interior Ministry, which is dominated by Shia Muslims. About KDR \| \| Home \| \| Weekly Features Archive	Weekly Weekly Features Archive
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U.S. won't hand over prisons until Iraq raises standards

CBC || January 06, 2006

[KDR: Sometimes you can't help but laugh at their hypocrisy.]

Related - Quote of the Week: George W. Bush

The U.S. military says it won't relinquish control over the prisons it runs in Iraq until officials raise their level of care.

Iraqi authorities still haven't demonstrated they can meet American standards, U.S. military officials say.

Their comments came weeks after scores of abused and neglected prisoners were revealed to be in two detention centres run by the Iraqi Interior Ministry.

"We will not pass on facilities or detainees until they meet the standards we define and that we are using today," Maj.-Gen. John D. Gardner, who oversees U.S.-run prisons in Iraq, told the New York Times in a report published Sunday.

Gardner said the American detention centres have "come a long way" since the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.

The huge detention centre near Baghdad achieved worldwide notoriety after the release of photographs showing the abuse and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners by some U.S. soldiers.

Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com

"Abu Ghraib was criminal and I was appalled," said Gardner, who assumed command of the prisons on Nov. 30.

The U.S. military says it is facing serious overcrowding in most of its prisons in Iraq.

In late December, its facilities were holding about 14,000 prisoners – up from about 8,000 in January 2005.

Pentagon leaders are said to be eager to relinquish care of the detainees to Iraqi authorities.

But a military spokesman, Lt.-Col. Barry Johnson, said the United States might have to delay its plan to hand over control of the prisons in 2006.

"A specific timeline for doing this is difficult to project at this stage with so many variables," Johnson told the Associated Press on Sunday.

"The Iraqis are committed to doing this right and will not rush to failure. The transition will be based on meeting standards, not on a timeline."

Sunni Muslims in Iraq have long levelled allegations of abuse and torture in prisons run by Iraq's Interior Ministry, which is dominated by Shia Muslims.

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