07-08-2009, 07:50 AM
A small number of the detainees are from China and were traveling in Afghanistan when they were picked up by the U.S. Troops. A larger number of people, already mostly released, were basically sold to the U.S. troops by collecting a bounty on Taliban fighters. It was apparently convenient for some Afghan warlords to tell the U.S. that various strangers or competitors for their heroin trade were Taliban. Many got swept up. Plenty of bad guys too.
Assume the best and ask questions.
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