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The Children at Abu Ghraib

From Brad Plummer at the MoJo Wire:

This new report on child torture in Abu Ghraib is just horrible. Why isn't anyone in the U.S. covering it?

It was early last October that Kasim Mehaddi Hilas says he witnessed the rape of a boy prisoner aged about 15 in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. "The kid was hurting very bad and they covered all the doors with sheets," he said in a statement given to investigators probing prisoner abuse in Abu Ghraib. "Then, when I heard the screaming I climbed the door … and I saw [the soldier's name is deleted] who was wearing a military uniform." Hilas, who was himself threatened with being sexually assaulted in Abu Graib, then describes in horrific detail how the soldier raped "the little kid"…

It's not certain exactly how many children are being held by coalition forces in Iraq, but a [Scotland] Sunday Herald investigation suggests there are up to 107. Their names are not known, nor is where they are being kept, how long they will be held or what has happened to them during their detention.

Where is our press on this story? Is the Unicef report available online? Rolling Stone is still covering Abu Graib, but where is everyone else?

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