Camp Cropper - Baghdad Gulag Prison

Prisoners Brutalized In Baghdad Gulag Prison
by Gordon Thomas, American Free Press

August 20th, 2003

Each prisoner receives six pints of dank, tepid water a day. He uses it to wash and drink in summer noonday temperatures of 120 degrees Fahrenheit. He is not allowed to wash his clothes. He is provided with a small cup of delousing powder to deal with the worst of his body infestation.

For the slightest infringement of draconian rules he is forced to sit in painful positions. If he cries out in protest his head is covered with a sack for lengthy periods.

This is daily life in America's shameful Gulag - Camp Cropper on the outskirts of Baghdad International Airport.

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But some of its staff have broken ranks to tell Amnesty International (AI), the London-based human rights watchdog, of the shocking conditions the 3,000 Iraqi prisoners are held under.

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The overpowering stench in this hellhole is suffocating. "Add to sleep deprivation and physical abuse you have highly degrading conditions which are tantamount to torture and gross abuse of human rights," said Curt Goering, deputy director of AI.

He confirmed that AI had received ?credible reports? of detainees who had died in custody, "mostly as a result of shooting by members of the coalition forces."

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AI said it urgedA the coalition forces to look into allegations and to convict those found guilty of offenses.

"The Americans have acknowledged there are some serious problems," said Goering. ?But there is a difference of opinion on what laws apply."



Camp Cropper was closed down on Oct. 6, 2003. According to the article, Amnestiy International notified the Americans about major problems at the Camp last August. It seems this coverup at the Pentagon has been going on since way before Jan. 2004?