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November 17, 2005
Under Bush, U.S. Detained 83,000 in War on Terror
Under the Bush America has detained 83,000 People in War on Terror, according to a story in the Chicago Sun Times.
More than 99 percent of those were detained in Iraq or Afghanistan and 68,500 have been released.
This means the government has effectively "disappeared" 14,500 people into its global, black-site prison system in Iraq, Afghanistan, Cuba, Eastern Europe, and other locations. At that rate, the United States will catch up to Argentina in 2009.
It also means that the Bush administration determined it did not have sufficient evidence to suggest that 85 percent of the people it kidnapped were involved in terrorism.
Posted by MJuhre at November 17, 2005 04:22 PM