Camp Cropper
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Camp Cropper | |
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Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate in Iraq | |
Coordinates | 33°14′34″N 44°13′12″E / 33.24278°N 44.22000°E |
Site information | |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Operator | United States Army |
Site history | |
Built | April 2003 |
In use | 2003 – December 2011 |
Camp Cropper was a holding facility for security detainees operated by the United States Army near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq. The facility was initially operated as a high-value detention site (HVD), but has since been expanded increasing its capacity from 163 to 2,000 detainees.[1] Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was held there prior to his execution.[2] Mr. Hussein was held at a nearby location outside the Camp Cropper complex. He was isolated from the former Ba'ath Party and subsequent HVT’s held at the main Cropper facility.
History
Camp Cropper was established by the
Additional units to operate Camp Cropper include:
- 812th Military Police Company
U.S. Army Reserve from Orangeburg, New York to include backfill elements of 366th MP Company of Stillwater, Oklahoma. April-June 2003
- 443rd Military Police Company, U.S. Army Reserve from Owings Mills, Maryland, April–December 2003
- 186th Military Police Company, Iowa National Guard April 2003 and February 2008.
- C & B Company, 2nd Battalion, 103d Armored Regiment, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, as part of the 89th and later 43rd Military Police Brigade.
- 439th Military Police Detachment, U.S. Army Reserve from Omaha, Nebraska.
- 324th Military Police Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania[3]
[CSC 1-107th Cavalry] Ohio National Guard, 2005
- 117th Military Police Battalion, Tennessee Army National Guard.
- 89th Military Police Brigadefrom 2009 thru 2010
In August 2006, a
On March 15, 2007 military officials announced plans to once again expand Camp Bucca and Camp Cropper. Officials stated that this increase in capacity would be necessary to handle the detainees generated from the increased security operations in Baghdad.[5]
In the summer of 2010 the Camp Cropper facility was turned over to the Iraqi government and renamed Karkh Prison.[6]
A portion of Camp Cropper was still in use by the U.S. Army until December 2011 through the
Criticism
On 2004-06-16, The Pentagon confirmed a report in The New York Times that former CIA chief George Tenet had been allowed by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to have an Iraqi prisoner secretly detained at Camp Cropper since November, but denied they were trying to hide the prisoner from the International Committee of the Red Cross.[7] Rumsfeld later told reporters that the prisoner was treated humanely.[8] In 2003, the International Committee of the Red Cross was given regular and open access to the facility and the detainees, the Red Cross documented severe living conditions, harsh treatment by guards, and poor medical care.
In October 2006, the International Committee of the Red Cross reported the wounding of one American soldier to date by detainees. The attack was reported to have been under suspicious circumstances.
Since the closure of Abu Ghraib and the subsequent relocation to Camp Cropper, the now-larger prison has seen criticism for abuses of detainees
In late April 2007, the former commander of Camp Cropper,
See also
- Tariq Aziz
- Human rights situation in post-Saddam Iraq
- Donald Vance
- Nathan Ertel
- Qais al-Khazali, detainee
- Victory Base Complex
References
- ^ "Camp Cropper / High Value Detention (HVD) Site". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- Alex Massie (2007-03-01). "Nurse: Dictator spent captivity feeding birds". Telegraph. Archived from the originalon 2007-01-04. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ^ "324th Military Police Battalion Lineage and Honors". U.S. Army Center for Military History.
- ^ "New hospital to treat detainees, Soldiers, currently the hospital is operated by the 31st CSH from Fort Bliss, TX" (Press release). Multi-National Force - Iraq. 2006-08-03. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- ^ Pincus, Walter (2007-03-15). "U.S. plans to expand detention centers". Washington Post. Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2007-03-15.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Detainee Ops Chief Gives Karkh Prison Good Reviews" (Press release). U.S. Army Public Affairs.
- ^ McIntyre, Jamie (2004-06-16). "Pentagon: Iraqi held secretly at CIA request". CNN. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ^ Bowman, Tom (2004-06-18). "Rumsfeld admits telling military to hide detainee". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ^ Jehl, Douglas (2004-05-15). "Earlier Jail Seen as Incubator for Abuses in Iraq". The New York Times.
- ^ Moss, Michael (2006-12-18). "American Recalls Torment As a U.S. Detainee in Iraq". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
- ^ Parker, Ned (2007-04-08). "Iraqi insurgents recruit among U.S.-held detainees". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ^ "Detainee dies at Camp Cropper" (Press release). Multi-National Force - Iraq. 2006-10-30. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- ^ "Detainee dies at Camp Cropper" (Press release). Multi-National Force - Iraq. 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- ^ "Detainee dies at Camp Cropper" (Press release). Multi-National Force - Iraq. 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- ^ "Detainee dies at Camp Cropper" (Press release). Multi-National Force - Iraq. 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ^ "Detainee dies at Camp Cropper" (Press release). Multi-National Force - Iraq. 2007-05-28. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ^ "Detainee dies at Camp Cropper" (Press release). Multi-National Force - Iraq. 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- ^ AP (2007-04-26). "Colonel Charged with Aiding Enemy". New York Sun. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
- ^ Katarina Kratovac (2007-10-19). "U.S. officer avoids life sentence on charges of aiding the enemy". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2007-10-19.[dead link]
- ^ Katarina Kratovac (2007-10-19). "Ex-US Commander in Iraq Gets 2-Year Term". ABC News. Archived from the original on November 15, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
External links
- U.S. hands over last prison to Iraqi control, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2010
- Camp Cropper from Globalsecurity.org