US overseas detention system numbers
Published by Hossam el-Hamalawy September 18th, 2006 in Amreeka, Human Rights حقوق إنسانSome statistics from AP on the US-run global gulag…
U.S. overseas detention system numbers
A look at the U.S. overseas detention system that has developed since 2001:
NUMBERS OF DETAINEES
Iraq (Camp Bucca, Camp Cropper, Fort Suse) - 13,390
Afghanistan (Bagram air base) - Estimated 500
Guantanamo Bay - 455
NATIONALITIES
Iraq - U.S. command last year counted 325 “foreign fighters” but overwhelming majority Iraqi.
Afghanistan - Afghans, Arabs, central Asians, possibly others.
Guantanamo Bay - 48 nationalities (past and present), vast majority from Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, Algeria, China, Morocco, Kuwait, Tajikistan and Tunisia.
CONSTRUCTION
Iraq - U.S. Army opened $60 million detention center in August at Camp Cropper, near Baghdad’s airport.
Guantanamo Bay - This fall U.S. Navy plans to open new $30 million maximum-security wing.
DETAINEE ABUSE
Allegations - About 800 investigations of alleged mistreatment in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Punished - More than 250 service personnel punished, many via loss of rank or pay, or discharge from service.
Courts-Martial - At least 103
Convictions - 89 service members convicted; 19 sentences of one year or more.
DETAINEE DEATHS
Total Deaths - At least 98 in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, as of February.
Homicides - At least 34.
Unknown/Undetermined Causes - At least 48.
Prosecution - Punishment in 14 death cases.
Related posting: Bush admits to CIA secret prisons
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