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The War
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The 2005 Camp Bucca Riots |
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Background - Camp Bucca in 2005 “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. ‘There was a riot at
Camp Bucca on April 1. An ICRC delegation was there that day on one of its
regular prisoner visits and it is now following up the situation,’ said
Christophe Beney, the head of the ICRC’s Baghdad delegation. 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. […]” Excerpt of an Agence
France Presse article
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US troops shooting at rioting prisoners |
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Life at Camp Bucca |
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Video Credits The Video 1) The video captures the shooting of non-lethal bullets by U.S.
military police against rioting Iraqis at the Iraqi prison facility Camp
Bucca, compound 7 & 8 during the year 2005. The exact date is unknown. It
was filmed by a member of the military police, Joseph E. Rey. Life at Camp Bucca 1) A US military
officer stands in front of the visitation area at the Camp Bucca detention
camp on the outskirts of Umm Qasr. - 2004 - Agence France Presse; 2) 60 Minutes II
obtained a U.S. soldier's home video from Camp Bucca in Southern Iraq, where
American soldiers have been accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners. - 2004 - CBS
60 Minutes/unknown U.S. soldier; 3) At Camp Bucca, Iraq, restraints are removed from a detainee by
105th MP Spc. Melanie Eckstadt from Burnsville, Nc., in the exercise pen of
the isolation unit, where those who violate the rules are housed for up to 30
days for punishment. Camp Bucca is one of the largest prison in the world
where over 6,000 prisoner of war are held at this remote facility. It is
named after Ronald Bucca , a soldier with the 800th MP who died in 9/11
attack. - Copyright © 2005, Nick Oza; |
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