U.S. war prisons legal vacuum for 14,000 (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060917/ap_on_re_mi_ea/in_american_hands"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060917/capt.b9aa9531381e4ee0bba1e7a82265baaf.in_american_hands_ny467.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=HPByI1agZdnwNjfhZZ6EzQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Iraqi army officers detain suspected insurgent soon after a roadside bomb, in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, in this Aug. 28, 2006 file photo. A committee consisting of U.S. and Iraqi officials from the ministries of human rights, justice and interior has reviewed the cases of more than 30,000 detainees and recommended more than 15,400 for release, but still there are more than 13,000 detainees are being held at coalition facilities in various prisons in Iraq. (AP Photo, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - In the few short years since the first shackled Afghan shuffled off to Guantanamo, the U.S. military has created a global network of overseas prisons, its islands of high security keeping 14,000 detainees beyond the reach of established law.</p><br clear="all"/>

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