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Iraq
150 nabbed in Baghdad sweep
2007-04-11
The suspects were believed to have been involved in an attack on the Ad Dawr police headquarters in February, which killed 12 policemen.
US and Iraqi forces have arrested 150 people following a two-week security crackdown in Baghdad, the US military said on Tuesday. Rocket-propelled grenades and launchers, automatic machine guns, sniper rifles and anti- tank mines were also seized in the raids north of Baghdad. The suspects were believed to have been involved in an attack on the Ad Dawr police headquarters in February, which killed 12 policemen, the US said. More than 500 American paratroopers took part in the operation, it said.
Posted by:Fred

#5  The number of detainees and prisoners won't really be a problem until it includes about a third of the population of Baghdad.

Gen. Petreaus has asked for 7500 additional MPs to guard the huge number of prisoners the Coalition is nabbing, so there may be a couple of new detention facilities, too.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-04-11 14:20  

#4  Thanks Verlaine!

What I would love is a count, just like Terrorist Death Watch. I understand, however, that the number of detainees and prisoners is something we may not want to disclose.
Posted by: Captain Lewis   2007-04-11 11:40  

#3  Detainees only come under Iraqi control if they go to trial and are convicted, after which they enter Iraqi prisons

?
Live and learn. So we're the ones throwing them back?
Posted by: Shipman   2007-04-11 10:43  

#2  Captain, I assume we've expanded capacity at the top end of the chain, Bucca (southern Iraq, huge facility) and Cropper (B'dad airport), and perhaps are keeping more guests at detention facilities down the chain, plus perhaps building additional capacity. Unless things have changed, we'd still have sole or primary custody of detainees. Detainees only come under Iraqi control if they go to trial and are convicted, after which they enter Iraqi prisons (run by the Min. of Justice, not Interior, and while troubled of course, not the disaster that any purely Iraqi operation would be). Task Force 134 is the very busy organization that handles this.
Posted by: Verlaine   2007-04-11 10:25  

#1  So many arrests/detentions -- seems like 100 each week. Can anyone shed light on how we are handling this? Are we using Saddam's prisons? About how many troops are involved in gaurding detainees? We're not leaving "gaurd duty" to Iraqis I hope.
Posted by: Captain Lewis   2007-04-11 08:32  

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