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12/3/2008 2:37:36 PM EST

UN concerned over treatment of Iraqi detainees

Posted by Rule of Law Resource Center Staff

BAGHDAD (AP) - The United Nations expressed concern Tuesday about overcrowding and "grave human rights violations" of detainees in Iraqi custody in one case, 123 men crammed into a single cell. The warning comes as the U.S. prepares to turn over control to the Iraqis of Full version (available to lexis.com subscribers)