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US soldiers lead a blindfolded Iraqi detainee at the Camp Cropper detention
center, located in Baghdad, on May 21, 2008. There are approximately
22,000 detainees be
ing held by US forces in two detention facilities in Iraq, up
from only about 14,000 before the American troop surge this year. Camp
Cropper currently holds approximately 3,000 detainees. The detainee population
contains, juveniles, insurgents of all anti-coalition groups in Iraq, and
innocent Iraqis detained during military operations. |
