"One of them, Faiz Muhammad, said he was 105. Babbling at times like a child, the partially deaf, shrivelled old man was unable to answer simple questions.

"The second Afghan man released said he was 90 and gave his name as Muhammad Siddiq. US soldiers had arrested him in a raid on his village, he said."

POWs? Worth 11 months in the slam? Let's say they were, oh, 70 years old. I understand it's common for folks over there to not know their birthdays. These two geezers were worth spending the money to imprison them for 11 months?

Must have a lot of money!

Well, these guys weren't "tortured". But somehow it still doesn't sound right that they were arrested and held without charges for 'most a year.

Arf