September 10, 2004

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  Holding prisoners in secret violates the Geneva Convention

  
  

   

  
  

  CIA accused over 'ghost detainees'

  
  

   

  
  

  By Nick Childs
  BBC Pentagon correspondent

  
  

  Senior US army generals say the United States may have secretly held dozens of detainees in Iraq.

  
  

  They also accuse the CIA of not providing information on the subject.
  

  The generals, who were testifying before the Senate Armed Services committee, oversaw a key report into abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
  

  These were prisoners held secretly and not notified to the International Committee of the Red Cross, in violation of the Geneva Conventions.
  

  One general said there could have been up to 100 such prisoners, another said the number was more likely to be a couple of dozen.

  
  

   

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