The U.S. Isn't the Only One with Secret Prison Problems
Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe

Agence France Press has the details on some new secret prison-related turmoil in Iraq... which emanates from the Iraq Interior Ministry:

Iraq faced a fresh prison scandal after Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari ordered an investigation into reports of abuse at a clandestine interior ministry jail.
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Jaafari told a press conference he had "received information relating to the presence of 173 Iraqi detainees at a centre run by the interior ministry, some of whom said they were badly fed or had been tortured."

US forces raided an underground shelter at an interior ministry building Sunday evening and found 167 undocumented detainees, most of them Sunnis, according to a source close to the government.
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US forces in Baghdad contacted by AFP declined to comment on the incident, but the US embassy welcomed Jaafari's statement of concern, noting that the Iraqi leader "confirmed that such practices are completely contrary to Iraqi government policy."

US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and General George Casey, the overall head of the US-led military force in Iraq, discussed the case "with the leaders of the Iraqi government at the highest levels.
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While the Iraqi government is taking the lead in investigating the case and prosecuting those found guilty, US officials are providing technical help, including support from US Department of Justice and FBI investigators, the statement read.

The UN mission in Iraq on Monday accused the interior ministry of maintaining hundreds of individuals in detention despite judicial orders for their release.