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Raid on jail reveals new case of abuse
American and Iraqi forces raiding an government detention centre last Thursday in Baghdad discovered more than 600 prisoners packed into a cramped space.
BAGHDAD: American and Iraqi forces raiding an government detention centre last Thursday in Baghdad discovered more than 600 prisoners packed into a cramped space, 13 of them mistreated so badly they had to be taken to a hospital.
The raid was the second in the past month in which American forces have uncovered mistreatment of prisoners at the hands of interior ministry officials.
On November 15, soldiers with the Third Infantry Division, charged with controlling Baghdad, entered a ministry bunker in central Baghdad and found 169 malnourished prisoners, some of them tortured. Most of those prisoners were Sunnis.
The detention centre, situated to the east of the Tigris River, is run by a commando unit from the interior ministry, which oversees the country's police forces, said Lt Col Guy Rudisill, a spokesman for the American detention system in Iraq.
When the search team entered the building, he said, it found "overcrowded" conditions that prompted them to begin transferring the prisoners.
"Thirteen of them were removed due to medical reasons and sent to a hospital," he said.
The raid was the second in the past month in which American forces have uncovered mistreatment of prisoners at the hands of interior ministry officials.
On November 15, soldiers with the Third Infantry Division, charged with controlling Baghdad, entered a ministry bunker in central Baghdad and found 169 malnourished prisoners, some of them tortured. Most of those prisoners were Sunnis.
The detention centre, situated to the east of the Tigris River, is run by a commando unit from the interior ministry, which oversees the country's police forces, said Lt Col Guy Rudisill, a spokesman for the American detention system in Iraq.
When the search team entered the building, he said, it found "overcrowded" conditions that prompted them to begin transferring the prisoners.
"Thirteen of them were removed due to medical reasons and sent to a hospital," he said.
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