As many of you know, this was my burden over there. I can tell you that a lot of this is BS. if you have questions, just post them and if I can answer them without comprimising OPSEC I will.
If this is MOI, then I could believe it. I know very well about the 169, we nursed them back to health.
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Conditions in the rest of the jail were grim, with an overwhelming stench of excrement, prisoners crammed into cells for all but 20 minutes a day, food rations cut to just rice and water and no air conditioning.
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Abu G is a
hole. The stench is nasty especially the hotter it gets. I will never forget it. Even when we were there it was bad.
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Some of the small number of prisoners who remained in the jail after the Americans left said they had pleaded to go with their departing captors, rather than be left in the hands of Iraqi guards.
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Not True.... at ALL!!!!
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"The Americans were better than the Iraqis. They treated us better," said Khalid Alaani, who was held on suspicion of involvement in Sunni terrorism.
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VERY TRUE!!!
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The witness gained access to the prison just days after the Americans formally handed over control to the Iraqi authorities on Sept 1.
Inside the 100-yard long cell block the smell of excrement was overpowering. Four to six prisoners shared each of the 12ft by 15ft cells along either side and the walls were smeared with filth. The cell block was patrolled by guards who carried long batons and shouted angrily at the prisoners to stand up.
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Be very careful with 3rd party information.
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The witness said that even in the thieves' section prisoners were being treated badly. "Someone was shouting 'Please help us, we want the human rights officers, we want the Americans to come back'," he said.
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Yeah for Team Infidel