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"Only one in five detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq are members of the main extremist groups fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces, while many of the rest can be reintegrated back into society, according to U.S. military statistics and interviews.
The assessment reflects a new approach to detainees, which emphasizes isolating al-Qaeda and Shiite extremists and increasing the release of many average men caught up in the fighting."
"We have swept up and detained a very large number of potential enemies in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the reality of those wars is we don't really know who we're holding," said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute in Arlington, Va."
Military retools detainee releases - USATODAY.com
The assessment reflects a new approach to detainees, which emphasizes isolating al-Qaeda and Shiite extremists and increasing the release of many average men caught up in the fighting."
"We have swept up and detained a very large number of potential enemies in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the reality of those wars is we don't really know who we're holding," said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute in Arlington, Va."
Military retools detainee releases - USATODAY.com