Detainee dies at U.S. Army prison in Iraq

[Joanne98]

Source: AP

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi detainee at a U.S. Army prison has died from injuries apparently sustained during an assault by other prisoners, the military said Friday.

The detainee — whose name and age were not provided — was pronounced dead at Camp Bucca at 9:54 a.m. Thursday by an attending physician, a brief statement said.

An investigation is pending to determine whether the apparent assault was the cause of death, it said. Afterward, the detainee's family will receive the remains.

In Iraq, the U.S. Army oversees thousands of prisoners at Camp Cropper near Baghdad airport, Camp Bucca in the southern desert, and Fort Suse in the Kurdish north.



Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/27/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Detainee-Killed.php

[johntully]

1. THE MADNESS OF TOM FRIEDMAN

http://tinyurl.com/2oht4x

Tom Friedman: “you know what disturbs me Wolf….we’ce got 140,000 troops in Iraq…”

Wolf Blitzer: “…about to go up to 160,000….”

Tom Friedman: “….and it doesn’t seem like we’ve got any (emphasis mine) intelligence…”



JT

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Welcome to DU.

Tom Friedman: “….and it doesn’t seem like we’ve got any (emphasis mine) intelligence…”

I'll second that motion.

[Benhurst]

3. Judging from those two, there is little, if any, intelligence at all.

Tom and Wolf, spreading their cheeks for the Bush Crime Family with the tug of a forelock and a smile.

[Tempest]

4. Is it a case of guards staging fights between the prisoners?

In April, eight Corcoran correctional officers were indicted on federal charges of deliberately staging fights between inmates. Last week, five other guards were indicted on state charges of arranging or covering up the rape of one inmate by another at Corcoran in 1993.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/10/19/MN85402.DTL&type=special