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August 24, 2009

US Begins Disclosing Prisoner Identities to Red Cross
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The Pentagon has begun informing the Red Cross of the identities of
prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. The prisoners are being held at
secret prisons run by US Special Operations forces. The new disclosure
policy took effect this month after years of denying the Red Cross
access to the prisoners.



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