Sunday, August 03, 2008

Security: US holds 21,000 detainees in Iraq

The U.S. military has revealed that around 21,000 Iraqi detainees are in its custody at two U.S.-run prisons in Iraq.

A military statement revealed that the U.S. troops currently hold a total of around 21,000 detainees, some 17,000 of them at Camp Bucca near Basra, and about 3,000 others at Camp Cropper in Baghdad.

The total number also included a dozen women, over 300 juveniles, about 200 foreigners and about 200 detainees over the age of 60, the statement said.
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