"Der Spiegel" 07/04/04
[http://www.spiegel.de/politik/auslan...307200,00.html
] -- (Translated by SAB, NY) -- According to information
from the International Red Cross, more than a 100 children
are imprisoned in Iraq, including in the infamous prison Abu
Ghraib.

The German TV magazine "Report" revealed that there has been
abuse of children and youth by the coalition forces.

Mainz - "Between January and May of this year we've
registered 107 children, during 19 visits in 6 different
detention locations" the representative of the International
Red Cross, Florian Westphal, told the TV station SWR's
Magazine "Report Mainz". He noted that these were places of
detention controlled by coalition troops. According to
Westphal the number of children held captive could be even
higher.

The TV Magazine also reported of evidence and eye witness
reports according to which U.S. soldiers also abused
children and youthful detainees. Samuel Provance, a staff
sergeant stationed in the now infamous Abu Ghraib prison
said that interrogating officers had pressured a 15 or 16
year old girl. Military police had only intervened when the
girl was already half undressed. On another occasion, a 16
year old was soaked with water, driven through the cold, and
then smeared with mud.

UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, confirmed the
detention of Iraqi children by foreign military according to
"Report" which cited an interim memorandum by the
organization, The as yet unreleased report, which is dated
June 2004, is quoted as follows: "Children who were detained
in the cities of Kerbala and Basra because of alleged
activities against the occupying forces were reportedly
routinely sent to a detention camp at Umm Kasr. The
classification of these children as detainees is worrisome
because it includes unspecified length of detention without
contact to their families pending further proceedings or
legal actions".

The German section of the human rights organization Amnesty
International is demanding a clarification of the
allegations and a response from the US government.

© SPIEGEL ONLINE 2004

Source:
http://www.informationclearinghouse....rticle6430.htm

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Germany is just pissed about WW2. And they still dont think the Holocaust happened.

I seriously hope you're being sarcastic, and even if so you aren't too good at it.

well for attacking us thats why.

the ideology of hate seeps to the young also

Germany, like France, is blowing fluff.

sorry, but when a child is carrying an AK-47 about to kill our troops, I would rather we restrain him and imprison him than have him either attack him or have to needlessly kill him. It's just common sense.

Honestly I am surprised it is not a much higher number than 100.

You are absolutely right! The are going to have to deprogram these kids.
It's a shame but it is what terrorists do. Look at the Palestinians. They don't care who they send. Children are a gift and what these terrorist do to brainwash them should be what's reported.

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I wouldn't say thats sarcasm. Its true.

There was a show on a kid in Iraq who tries to get his friends to fight against the coalition forces (this was on during the beginning of the war). Many of kids hate America from all the propaganda the Hussein regime placed upon them and they grow up to hate Americans. It IS RIGHT to lock up the kids if they are doing bad stuff. The same way it is here in America.

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I have experience working with kids who are locked up because of violent tendencies. Let's just say that when they are in these situations, they are there for a specific reason. If they were out on the streets they would most definately either hurt themselves or someone else. Many of these kids assault staff members on a daily basis. It is not wrong to imprison kids in some specific circumstances, unfortunately, sometimes it is the only option we have.

Very well stated.