Detainees Quotes

credible reports that the Iraqi regime may have ordered the summary execution of hundreds, if not thousands, of political detainees.

Our aim in all these operations is to capture where possible, in order to use the intelligence value that these detainees may have for us, ... In every instance when our forces go into operations like this, we provide them with the authority to use whatever force is necessary to accomplish their missions. We have to expect that in those circumstances, casualties do occur. We have not suffered any casualties at this point, but casualties have occurred on the other side.

My father made a choice to travel to Iraq and listen to those who are not heard. He meets with families who are missing loved ones. He has spent most of his time in Iraq trying to free detainees.

It is our policy that all detainees are treated humanely and to report any suspected detainee mistreatment and investigate that thoroughly.

Since September 11, 2001, more than 70,000 detainees have been captured in Afghanistan and Iraq. The vast majority have been released.

The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation`s position in the world.

There is no room for legal hair-splitting when it comes to the humane treatment of detainees - not in a nation founded on the rule of law and respect for human rights.

I mean, the people who run Guantanamo, the military, pretty much dismiss complaints by the detainees because they say that they`re all created as part of a political process to sort of fake complaints and get public support.

And, in fact, there is a connection, the people who designed this here program and who implement it are the same people who are overseeing and helping in the interrogations of detainees in places like Guantanamo.

And so, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service truly threw a fit over the way some of the detainees in Guantanamo were being interrogated.

Guantanamo allows us to secure dangerous detainees without the risk of escape, while at the same time providing us with valuable intelligence information on how best to proceed in the war against terror and prevent future attacks.

The Justices are currently considering a case, argued last month, which seeks to extend the writ of habeas corpus to al Qaeda and Taliban detainees at Guantanamo.

I apologize to coalition forces and all the families, detainees, the families, America and all the soldiers.

Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, there have been increasing reports of torture.

Well, it is true that they did - the Pentagon did impose rules for governing the handling of the Koran in January of 2003, after there had been complaints about the handling of the Koran from detainees, from the International Red Cross.

Assertions apparently being made in the latest New Yorker article on Abu Ghraib and the abuse of Iraqi detainees are outlandish, conspiratorial, and filled with error and anonymous conjecture.

We are particularly concerned about the health of detainees who may have escaped this narrow definition of a hunger-striker. They may not be receiving any medical treatment. We urge that independent medical experts be given access to detainees.

The US military appears to be systematically downplaying the hunger strike in order to avoid international criticism. In July they denied the existence of a hunger strike two weeks after it had started. Now they seem to be understating the number of detainees involved and the gravity of the medical condition of several of the detainees. This policy once again demonstrates the lack of transparency around all US detention practices and policies in the `war on terror`.

(The report said:) The US military appears to be systematically downplaying the hunger strike in order to avoid international criticism, ... In July they denied the existence of a hunger strike two weeks after it had started. Now they seem to be understating the number of detainees involved and the gravity of the medical condition of several of the detainees. This policy once again demonstrates the lack of transparency around all US detention practices and policies in the `war on terror`.