US terrorism suspects 'wrongly held'

US terrorism suspects 'wrongly held'

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A JOURNALISTIC investigation into terrorism suspects held at US prison camps around the world found that possibly hundreds had been wrongly imprisoned, it was reported today.

An eight-month investigation in 11 countries on three continents found that the US wrongfully imprisoned suspects in Afghanistan, Cuba and elsewhere on the basis of "flimsy or fabricated evidence, old personal scores or bounty payments", McClatchy newspapers said.

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Is it coincidental that an eight month investigaton concludes so near to the departure of Bush, when it is too late to realistically do anything about the unlawful inprisonment of these people?

Traditional wars used to have POW camps, right? But that line isn't clear anymore, when we're all supposedly fighting 'terrorists' who don't have an army, or a homeland... It's nuts. People can't be locked up and forgotten.

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