Meanwhile Iraq’s outgoing human rights minister — Bakhtiar Amin–has admitted that the conditions of Iraqi run jails are deplorable. He said “None of the Iraqi detention centers meet international standards for cleanliness, food and the treatment of prisoners. Neither are the buildings up to standard.” Agence France Press is reporting that 17,000 men and women are now being held in US or Iraqi run jails. About two thirds of the detainees have never been formally charged. And court martial proceedings have begun for a U.S. Army Sergeant who killed two of his fellow soldiers in Kuwait by throwing a grenade into their tent.