Will you accept the word of the 1st Cavalry Division's own newspaper from Fort Hood?
AL SAIDIYAH, Baghdad, Iraq – Hundreds of Iraqi prisoners were released from Abu Ghraib prison are part of a coalition planned mass release on May 21. The 1st Battalion 21st Field Artillery Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division escorted some of the released prisoners back to their homes safely, Most of the former prisoners were released back to areas where they were originally picked up.
You said MOST of the detainees were locals. They were NOT. It reads to me as if you believe the prisons in Iraq are 'full of poor, innocent civilians...'
Yes, I am happy to accept the report from the 1st Cavalry Division for which you posted a link. It says: HUNDREDS OF IRAQI PRISONERS WERE RELEASED...a statement which has no significance unless we know how many prisoners there were in total.
I doubt very much if this release includes any of the foreign fighters (jihadi's) who came from throughout the ME to fight the Coalition soldiers...those to whom Nick Berg referred in his e-mail, as: 'Poor fellows'. Who, btw, did not speak the local language and for whom he felt such sympathy...as perhaps you yourself do.
I don't.