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CIA Defies Geneva Convention In Treatment of Iraqi Detainees

HeadlineOct 25, 2004

The Washington Post is reporting the CIA has been secretly transporting as many as a dozen Iraqi detainees out of the country in apparent violation of the Geneva Conventions. The detainees have been kept hidden from the International Committee of the Red Cross and other authorities. In March the Justice Department issued a confidential memo that authorized the CIA to transfer detainees out of Iraq for interrogations.

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