ACLU Decries US Detention Of Juveniles As Enemy Combatants

From the Frontrunner The Washington Post (5/15, A11, Pincus) reports, "The United States has detained approximately 2,500 people younger than 18 as illegal enemy combatants in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay since 2002, according to a report filed by the Bush administration with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. ... The administration's report, which was made public yesterday by the American Civil Liberties Union, says that most of the detained Iraqi youths were 'engaging in anti-coalition activity.'" The Post notes, "The ACLU decried what is described as a 'lack of safeguards' for youths captured by the U.S. military and 'no comprehensive policy in place' for dealing with juveniles."