The Geneva Conventions require prisoners to be held safely out of harm's way, and prohibits siting them in the line of fire, to prevent use of prisoners as human shields. In the course of apologizing for the situation, the author inadvertantly points out another violation of the Geneva Conventions. Basically saying it's their own damn fault for being Iraqis in the line of fire of other Iraqis is uncomfortably close to saying that they're human shields."

I can't believe that you are really this stupid. It's similar to blaming Americans for 911. The Terrorists are violating the Genveva convention, by making the prison part of their war zone. If the coalition were to move the prisonors, then the terrorist wouldn't have any interest in attacking in this location. We aren't putting the prisoners in a war zone, the terrorist are creating a war zone at that location because that is where the prisoners are.