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Article: Military police prepare for processing prisoners
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 18, 2003
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SHOWDOWN ON IRAQ
Military police prepare for processing prisoners
By CHRIS TOMLINSON Associated Press
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Camp New York, Kuwait -- 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 ...