Prisoners pose big challenge for advancing troops

The first prisoners of war captured in southern Iraq were searched and herded into temporary barbed wire enclosures.

The first prisoners of war captured in southern Iraq were searched and herded into temporary barbed wire enclosures.

Troops then went to work building camps and providing medical care, food and water for the mix of uniformed soldiers and fighters in T-shirts. But it may not be so easy in the coming days.

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