| Gold stories | | 9-3. Iraqi Detainee Centre | | David Furst (USA) AFP | |
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US Army soldiers carry shot guns as they walk along a catwalk separating what
they deem to be the most extreme and dangerous detainees held inside the Camp
Bucca detention
center located near the Kuwait-Iraq border, on May 19,
2008. There are approximately 22,000 detainees being held by US forces in
two detention facilities in Iraq, up from only about 14,000 before the American
troop surge this year. Camp Bucca currently holds 19,070 detainees in 33
separate compounds. The detainee population contains, juveniles, insurgents of
all anti-coalition groups in Iraq, and innocent Iraqis detained during military
operations. | |
