They seemed to have been unaware at the moment of their capture that they were "defecting".
Most of those interviewed by the ICRC alleged that these beatings often occurred in the immediate aftermath of their capture, often multiple times in the day.
But it still resists disclosing vital details, including their citizenship, the locations and circumstances of their capture, and how long they have been held.
Two days after the announcement of their capture, the government banned the sale of concentrated fertiliser, a favourite component of home-made terrorist bombs.
By the time this exchange occurred, Phelps was confined in Libby Prison, along with Daily and the rest of their captured men.
Another part of the security law says that when people are arrested in the act of committing crimes, the military need only inform judges of their capture, instead of bringing them before the courts.
But since detainees are allowed to notify anyone they want that they are being held, it is hard to believe that any actual terrorists have not found a way of informing their organizations of their capture.
"Friedman understood that, just as prisoners are softened up for interrogation by the shock of their capture, massive disasters could serve to soften us up for his radical free-market crusade".
On the day of their capture, in early August last year, Amel and Jwan had gathered under the shade of trees with their relatives a few miles from Tel Azer, a small town near Sinjar in Iraq's north-west.
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