Another “birth pang” for Condi’s New Middle East:
NATO’s top commander in Afghanistan is warning if the situation keeps on deteriorating in the country, around 70% of the Afghanis ‘may opt for Taliban’ once again.
Via Al-Jazeera
Tag: afghanistan
US overseas detention system numbers
Some statistics from AP on the US-run global gulag…
A look at the U.S. overseas detention system that has developed since 2001:
NUMBERS OF DETAINEES
Iraq (Camp Bucca, Camp Cropper, Fort Suse) – 13,390
Afghanistan (Bagram air base) – Estimated 500
Guantanamo Bay – 455
NATIONALITIES
Iraq – U.S. command last year counted 325 “foreign fighters” but overwhelming majority Iraqi.
Afghanistan – Afghans, Arabs, central Asians, possibly others.
Guantanamo Bay – 48 nationalities (past and present), vast majority from Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, Algeria, China, Morocco, Kuwait, Tajikistan and Tunisia.
CONSTRUCTION
Iraq – U.S. Army opened $60 million detention center in August at Camp Cropper, near Baghdad’s airport.
Guantanamo Bay – This fall U.S. Navy plans to open new $30 million maximum-security wing.
DETAINEE ABUSE
Allegations – About 800 investigations of alleged mistreatment in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Punished – More than 250 service personnel punished, many via loss of rank or pay, or discharge from service.
Courts-Martial – At least 103
Convictions – 89 service members convicted; 19 sentences of one year or more.
DETAINEE DEATHS
Total Deaths – At least 98 in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, as of February.
Homicides – At least 34.
Unknown/Undetermined Causes – At least 48.
Prosecution – Punishment in 14 death cases.