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Article: U.S. Military Police Ready for Prisoners
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- February 17, 2003
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Dateline: CAMP NEW YORK, Kuwait
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U.S. military police officers marched the "prisoners" in front of
a mock detention center Monday, shouting at them in English and Arabic,
ordering them to their knees to be searched before they get food,
water and a place to sleep.
In the drill conducted by the 3rd Military Police Battalion, part
of the 3rd Infantry Division, members of one platoon removed their
combat gear to play the role of prisoners while another platoon practiced
processing them. Then they switched places.
U.S. Army commanders, remembering the tens of thousands of Iraqis
who surrendered during the 1991 Gulf War, are teaching Arabic phrases ...