ICRC confirms prison riot at US-run camp in southern Iraq

[Judi Lynn]

Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 05 April 2005 0310 hrs

ICRC confirms prison riot at US-run camp in southern Iraq


BAGHDAD : Prisoners at a US-run detention camp in southern Iraq rioted on April 1, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed on Monday following a denial of the incident by the US military.
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Earlier, a representative of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr's movement had revealed that some detainees rioted at Camp Bucca on Friday after one of them had been denied medical treatment.

The Sadr representative accused US soldiers of putting down the disturbance with rubber bullets, wounding an undetermined number of detainees.
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"There have been no reports of mistreatment of detainees," Rudisill told AFP. "Nothing like that happened down there. Nobody is denied medical attention down there." - AFP
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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/140962/1/.html

[shoelace414]

1. so I guess Faux will report "The Jury is out"

[UpInArms]

2. I am so reassured by Rudisill

"There have been no reports of mistreatment of detainees," Rudisill told AFP. "Nothing like that happened down there. Nobody is denied medical attention down there." - AFP

:sarcasm:

US military spokesperson credibility is less than zero imho.

[leftchick]

4. less than zero....

fucking liars... :grr:

[Judi Lynn]

3. Update:Prisoners clash with guards at detention facility in southern Iraq

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2:39 pm: Prisoners clash with guards at detention facility in southern Iraq

Associated Press
April 4, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Prisoners at Iraq's largest detention facility protested the transfer of several detainees Monday, throwing rocks, chanting and setting tents on fire in a disturbance that injured four guards and 12 detainees, the military said.

The protest at Camp Bucca _ which holds about 6,000 prisoners, nearly two-thirds of all those in Iraq _ was the second major clash at an Iraqi prison facility in two days.

Officials said in a statement that they were transferring several "unruly" detainees, sparking the protest that caused only minor injuries before it was brought under control.

Last month, the U.S. military said guards had discovered a 600-foot (200-meter) tunnel _ dug with makeshift tools _ leading out of the prison near the southern city of Umm Qasr.
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http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/12246.html

[daleo]

5. Sounds like they are tired of the American Gulag

Eventually an Iraqi Solzhenitsyn will write the definitive book on this sorry time.