Get in the BOX

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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 U.S. released three photos, including this one, of crates used to hold detainees for up to 12 hours.

1 of 3 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 6 inches tall, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Health. That leaves little room for a prisoner to move once put in the detention box. See how a man might fit in the crate »

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.

“Someone in a segregation box is actually observed more than those anywhere else,” said Maj. Neal Fisher, a spokesman for Task Force 134, the Marine unit in charge of detainees. “Their care and custody does not change simply because they are in segregation.” Watch why the boxes raise human rights concerns »

A prisoner has never fallen ill or died because of being held in a segregation box, Fisher said.

Human rights advocates say little is known about how the military treats prisoners inside these boxes.

“There are concerns that they could be used in places where the detainees are enclosed in extremely hot conditions. It is important to know whether or not detainees are provided with food,” said Jennifer Daskel of Human Rights Watch.

Prisoners get food and water during their time in the boxes, Fisher said.

Since the abuses at Abu Ghraib , the U.S. has improved conditions for the 20,000 prisoners there, the military said.

But life is tough behind the wire. Hundreds are still considered by the military to be al Qaeda loyalists.

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discous? in honor of the olympics coming up?

meh, if you fuck up and get thrown in jail in Iraq, then fuck up in jail and get placed in solitary, i really dont feel that bad for you having to stand there for 12 hrs.

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good, too bad there isnt a box the size of iraq.

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no thats DISCUS

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When the opposition stops beheading the guys they capture with a dull machete then we can talk about the “evils” of putting someone in a crate. Until then, fuck them.

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but the third geneva convention

The Third Geneva Convention (or GCIII) of 1949, one of the Geneva Conventions, is a treaty agreement that primarily concerns the treatment of prisoners of war (POWs), and also touched on other topics. It replaced the Geneva Convention (1929).

Article 4 defines prisoners of war to include:
4.1.1 Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict and members of militias of such armed forces

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god damn… I’m getting sick of the journalists and douchebags getting in the way of our troops doing their jobs. War isn’t nice and we still treat them a whole hell of a lot better than they’d be treating us.

remember the soldiers burned alive and hung from the bridge? I wonder why they don’t mention that in the article, but have no problem bringing up Abu Ghraib

/rant

the news pisses me off when they pass them selfs off as neutral when their intent is so very obvious

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lol

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i dont care about them but i wont like it if they do it to our men

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they do alot worse to our men

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Did you even look at the photos? They hardly are “barely bigger than the prisoner” fucking media over sensationalism.

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ughhh :picard:
they need to just make iraq a giant parkinglot and slap a disney land and a mcdonalds smack in the middle of it.
Paybacks a bitch.

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i dont think i could fit in one…let alone sit down if i needed to

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not our fault you are a fat lazy ass.

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LOL.

First things first. Its during the time of war. Second. They are prisoners in prison. not a fucking spa.

As far as the Geneva convention is concerned: Insurgents or whatever the fuck the media calls them now does a whole hell of a lot worse to our guys than our guys do to them. If at some point some individuals or or a small group of US soldiers decide to exact some revenge and fuck someone up than so be it. ITS WAR. It’s not a lets get togeather and play pattycake kinda party.

Just sayin.

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If you read “Lone Survivor” you might get a new impression of American media and rules of engagement. It would appear that sometimes we’re our own worst enemy…

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in for photo of geraldo drawing detailed battle plans in the sand on TV!

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Agreed. Heard it’s a good read but haven’t as of yet had a chance to read it.