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Line 10: − + − In 2004 [[Arundhati Roy]] told a meeting of the American Sociological Association in Berkeley broadcast on [[Democracy Now]],
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According to Capt. Mark Doggett of the Australian army out of 7,800 prisoners being held in 2004 approximately 120 foreign [[jihad]]ists were being held who entered to attack Iraqi civilians and coalition allies.
According to Capt. Mark Doggett of the Australian army out of 7,800 prisoners being held in 2004 approximately 120 foreign [[jihad]]ists were being held who entered to attack Iraqi civilians and coalition allies.
:"We have people in custody who have been involved in killing Americans and others from the coalition forces. I really cannot think of a worse crime than that: murder." Doggett added, "The most common things people are being detained for include attacking coalition forces or the Iraqi people, likewise for financing attacks on forces or the Iraqi people," or being "involved in the planning of attacks." Likewise "the manufacture of improvised explosive devices. That could mean everything from procuring the necessary materials for explosive devices, through to actually manufacturing the devices, to planting them." <ref>*[http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/052404/opi_052454.shtml ''Abu Ghraib inmates aren't 'helpless' - they're lethal''], Deroy Murdock, The Daily Oakland Press, May 24, 2004.</ref>
:"We have people in custody who have been involved in killing Americans and others from the coalition forces. I really cannot think of a worse crime than that: murder." Doggett added, "The most common things people are being detained for include attacking coalition forces or the Iraqi people, likewise for financing attacks on forces or the Iraqi people," or being "involved in the planning of attacks." Likewise "the manufacture of improvised explosive devices. to actually manufacturing the devices, to planting them." <ref>*[http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/052404/opi_052454.shtml ''Abu Ghraib inmates aren't 'helpless' - they're lethal''], Deroy Murdock, The Daily Oakland Press, May 24, 2004.</ref>
:''"Each prisoner tortured in Abu Ghraib was our comrade''.<ref>[http://nobsnews.blogspot.com/2004/08/arundhati-roy-transcript.html Transcript of Arundhati Roy] Speaking to American Sociological Association, from ''Democracy Now''</ref>
:''"Each prisoner tortured in Abu Ghraib was our comrade''.<ref>[http://nobsnews.blogspot.com/2004/08/arundhati-roy-transcript.html Transcript of Arundhati Roy] Speaking to American Sociological Association, from ''Democracy Now''</ref>