U.S. segregates violent Iraqi prisoners in crates

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Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. military is segregating violent Iraqi prisoners in wooden crates that in some cases are not much bigger than the prisoners.

The military released photos of what it calls the "segregation boxes" used in Iraq.

Three grainy black-and-white photos show the rudimentary structures of wood and mesh. Some of the boxes are as small as 3 feet by 3 feet by 6 feet tall, according to military officials, although they did not release a picture of a box that size.

The average Iraqi male is 5 feet 9 inches tall, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Health. That leaves little room for a prisoner to move once put in the detention box.

The photos were made public after a blogger filed a Freedom of Information Act request in 2005.

The military said the boxes are humane and are checked every 15 minutes. It said detainees, who stand in the boxes, are isolated for no more than 12 hours at a time.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/07/segregation.boxes/

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[Solly Mack]

1. hot box/sweat box...isn't that considered torture?

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Weren't those called "tiger boxes" at the Hanoi Hilton?

Of course, those were 3x3x5 feet long, you couldn't stand or sit. These, you cannot sit but you MUST stand - and standing for 12 hours IS torture.

[LynnTheDem]

3. They're "HUMANE"! That's GREAT NEWS! So no worries when US troops

are put into them by our (fast-increasing) enemies.

Whatever we do to others, others can do to us. Our enemies can WATERBOARD US TROOPS; it's LEGAL!

And to think, in 2002 we were still concerned about those quaint Geneva Conventions against Iraq showing photos & video of US POWs.

[NBachers]

4. What we have here is a failyuh to communicate

Into the hot box with 'em!