There was a letter written by a U.S. general guaranteeing that they would be treated as protected persons under the Geneva Conventions. They were each given identification cards issued by the United States.
What has become of the guarantee is that we have turned over control of security in that area to Iraq. The U.S. government now takes the view or expresses the view that this is an internal Iraqi matter and that it's a question of how Iraq exercises its sovereignty.
I think it's shameful, but that's what people are saying.