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An Iraqi detainee holds onto a fence enclosing him at the Camp Cropper
detention center, located in Baghdad, on May 21, 2008. There are
approximately 22,000 detaine
es 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 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. |
