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 | Camp Cropper is a high-value detention site (HVD) near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, operated by the United States Army. In contrast to the Abu Ghraib prison, this facility holds comparatively fewer inmates who are considered high-value by the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was held there at one time. Image File history File links Nuvola_apps_important. ...
In current U.S. military parlance, a prison for those who may have valuable intelligence to offer, or who have inherent military or political significance. ...
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Camp Cropper was established by the Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) 115th Military Police Battalion in April 2003. Almost immediately after being established, it was designated as the site for the Corps Holding Area (CHA). Initially, the facility was meant to serve as "central booking" for the US forces operating in Baghdad and central Iraq, though detainees from northern Iraq were brought there as well. The original concept called for a small temporary camp that could hold up to 300 detainees for no more than 72 hours. After being processed at Camp Cropper detainees were supposed to be shipped to other detention faciities in Baghdad and throughout Iraq. However, in practice, this proved unworkable since most other prisons in Baghdad were badly damaged by looting after the fall of the Baath regime. This resulted in overcrowding and at one point shortly after the end of the war, Camp Cropper held over 1500 detainees.
In June 2004, The Pentagon confirmed a report in the New York Times that CIA chief George Tenet —who stepped down from the post in July 2004— was allowed by U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to have an Iraqi prisoner secretly detained at Camp Cropper since November, preventing the International Committee of the Red Cross from monitoring his treatment, in violation of the Geneva Convention. Rumsfeld later told reporters that the prisoner was treated humanely. 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: June 2004 in sports Deaths in June • 28 Anthony Buckeridge • 26 Naomi Shemer • 26 Yash Johar • 22 Bob Bemer • 22 Thomas Gold • 22 Francisco Ortiz Franco • 16 Thanom Kittikachorn • 10 Ray Charles • 5 Ronald Reagan...
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In 2004, the Red Cross was given regular and open access to the facility and the detainees.
The facility was scheduled to be shut down after the June 2004 handover date of Iraqi sovereignty, but as of May 2005 the Camp is still being used. Occupation zones in Iraq as of September 2003 The post-invasion period in Iraq followed the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a multinational coalition led by the United States, which overthrew the Baath Party government of Saddam Hussein. ...
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The Bush administration and many parties have expressed concern about the state of human rights in Iraq after the 2003 occupation of Iraq. ...
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