"We no longer consider them a security threat to the coalition," said Colonel Jill Morgenthaler. She said a total of 494 prisoners, picked up in security operations, were freed on Tuesday...Two days ago, 168 prisoners were also released from the Abu Ghraib prison, said Lieutenant Colonel Craig Essick. He estimated there were between 5500 and 6000 detainees at the prison.
Aljazeera article
And I had no idea we were holding quite so many.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says that between March and December 2003, its delegates visited and registered the identities "of some 10,200 prisoners of war and civilians deprived of freedom" held by occupation forces and protected by the Geneva Conventions.
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