- After an investigation into problems at a Baghdad prison
run by the U.S. military began, Maryland-based soldier Ivan
"Chip"
Frederick wrote an account of how the prison he helped run treated inmates.
The writings were given to The Associated Press on Thursday by the
soldier's
uncle:
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- "I questioned some of the things that I saw ...
such things as leaving inmates in their cell with no clothes or in females'
underpants, handcuffing them to the door of their cell. I questioned this
and the answer I got was, 'This is how military intelligence (MI) wants
it done.' MI didn't want any of the inmates talking to each other. This
is what happened when they were caught talking.''
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- "Prisoners were forced to live in damp, cool cells.
MI has also instructed us to place a prisoner in an isolation cell with
little or no clothes, no toilet or running water, no ventilation or window
for as much as three days.''
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- "Prisoners have a mosque at the facility but are
not allowed the privilege to go to it. Prisoners do not have a minister
at the facility.''
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- "I have had training dealing with convicted felons
of the U.S. I have never had any training dealing with POWs, civilian
internees
or detained persons.''
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- "Brigade should have had rules and regulations and
the Geneva Convention in the establishment from the beginning.''
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- "A prisoner with a clearly visible mental condition
was shot with nonlethal rounds for standing near the fence
singing.''
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- Frederick also wrote e-mails to his sister, Marian,
including
one on Dec. 18:
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- "It is very interesting to watch them interrogate
these people. I have made some really close friends. They usually don't
allow others to watch them interrogate, but since they like the way I run
the prison, they make an exception. ... We have had a very high rate with
our style of getting them to break. They usually end up breaking within
hours.''
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- Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press.
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