The United States may have kept up to 100 "ghost detainees" in Iraq off the books and concealed from Red Cross observers, an army general says.

That is a far higher number than previously reported.

Army generals who have investigated the US abuses of Iraqi prisoners says estimates are rough because the CIA has withheld documents on concealed detainees.

Republican and Democratic Senators have blasted the CIA, calling for it to turn over the material.

At a Senate committee hearing, General Paul Kern said he believed the number of ghost detainees held in violation of Geneva Convention protections was "in the dozens to perhaps up to 100".

Only eight people had been identified in an army report.

Major General George Fay, deputy commander at the US Army Intelligence and Security Command, said he expected it may be two dozen or more.

"We were not able to get documentation from the Central Intelligence Agency to answer those types of questions. So we really don't know the volume," he said.

The Geneva Conventions require countries to disclose information on prisoners to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which monitors their treatment.

-- Reuters

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200409/s1196248.htm

...this is my first post here , so please let me know if this is the correct place to post political posts. If not , sorry in advance.

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