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Detentions of Iraqi wives used as leverage by U S units
Pentagon released documents show two 2004 incidents where U S forces held Iraqi wives to pressure husbands to surrender. In Tarmiya a wife was detained for two days despite nursing infants, and later notes describe northern Iraq detentions by the Stryker Brigade with officials debating coercive tactics and possible husband targeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peets
Iraq
Busha Ibrahim Ali
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
U.S. Command
Baghdad
Barry Johnson
U.S
Pentagon
American Civil Liberties Union
Tarmiya
Task Force
Tf) 6
Command
Johnson
U.S. Army
Stryker
2Nd Infantry Division
Northern Command