Sunday, September 13, 2009

Iraq War News Updates -- September 13, 2009

Where next? Detainees pray behind barbed wire at the US-run Camp Cropper facility in Baghdad, where all transfers are processed. Human rights workers harshly criticize the conditions in Iraqi prisons. Maya Alleruzzo/AP/File

In Iraq's Prisons, A Culture Of Abuse -- Christian Science Monitor

As the US speeds the transfer of detainees in its custody, many appear headed into a notoriously violent system. Inmates at Abu Ghraib rioted Thursday and Friday.

Baghdad and Baquba, Iraq - In a room thick with heat and sweat, light from a small window falls on rows of squatting prisoners and plastic bags of belongings hung from nails on every inch of the wall. The guard explains that 74 men live in this room, which is roughly 10 by 20 feet. A further 85 are usually in the corridor, he adds, while 12 are kept next to the toilet.

This is Hibhib prison on the outskirts of Baquba, the dusty, volatile capital of Diyala Province roughly 40 miles from Baghdad.

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More News On Iraq

Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail evacuated after riot, fire -- Reuters
Deadly Blasts Rock Shiite Mosque in Baghdad -- New York Times
Back-to-back bombs at Shiite shrine in Iraq kill 4 -- AP
Gunmen kill policeman's sleeping family in Iraq -- Yahoo News/AP
At Least 9 Killed in Bomb Attacks in Iraq -- Voice of America
Civilian contractor shot dead on US base in Iraq -- Yahoo News/AP
Giant US military base in Iraq under attack -- Press TV
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 13 -- Reuters
Report: Germany ponders Afghan exit strategy -- Yahoo News/AP
Analysis: Iraq's spat with Syria backfiring on PM -- Yahoo News/AP
In Anbar Province, New Leadership, but Old Problems Persist -- New York Times
A deadly interrogation in Iraq -- L.A. Times
The Obama Administration is Actually Increasing the US Presence in Iraq -- Michael Schwartz, Huffington Post
Security From Iraq's Neighbors -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
One Day at War -- David Finkel, Washington Post opinion
Policy Has to Match the Sacrifice -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times

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