US interrogation centers in Iraq till 2009!: "Rosa Prince of London Daily Mirror has reported that:

THE US Army plans to remain in Iraq until at least 2009, secret documents obtained by the Mirror reveal.

Contract tender forms for civilian workers disclose a huge expansion of interrogation and detention centres in Iraq to remain in place for a minimum four more years.

(Chapeau to Friendly Fire of Today in Iraq for the lead.)

Prince adds that:

According to the documents from the Assistant Chief of Staff, Multi-National Forces, US chiefs plan a £70 million expansion in holding centres for suspects. They will be staffed by 300 civilian recruits aiding intelligence.

In a sign the US has learned from the Abu Ghraib jail scandal, in which prisoners were abused, the civilian interrogators will be trained in the Geneva Convention."

(Via 'Just World News' by Helena Cobban.)