The once-secret location where ousted president Saddam Hussein is being detained is Camp Cropper, a US base near Baghdad's international airport, Iraq's Human Rights Minister Bakhtiar Amin revealed.
"Yes it is Camp Cropper,
" Amin told reporters, referring to the heavily fortified compound that forms part of a vast US army complex called Camp Victory, about 16 kilometres (10 miles) from the centre of the Iraqi capital.
article"Yes it is Camp Cropper,
" Amin told reporters, referring to the heavily fortified compound that forms part of a vast US army complex called Camp Victory, about 16 kilometres (10 miles) from the centre of the Iraqi capital.
Camp Cropper isn't really a "camp" of course.
But family members are forbidden to visit him.
"This is for security reasons and due to the detention environment," the minister told reporters, speaking in French.
"This is for security reasons and due to the detention environment," the minister told reporters, speaking in French.
Yes, the detention environment. Nor are his lawyers permitted to see him. How cool is that?
"He is eating very well and has gained five pounds," said the minister, who paid Saddam a visit in September.
In contrast, eight of 11 other detainees, who along with Saddam are awaiting trial for crimes against humanity, temporarily refused food from Friday in what a lawyer said was a protest against the denial of their prisoner rights.
But they had started eating again on Monday, the US army said.
Well, that story just keeps changing. In contrast, eight of 11 other detainees, who along with Saddam are awaiting trial for crimes against humanity, temporarily refused food from Friday in what a lawyer said was a protest against the denial of their prisoner rights.
But they had started eating again on Monday, the US army said.
That's probably not something I'd make it a point to broadcast in Iraq.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
P.S. The Japanese seemed to know Saddam's whereabouts back in September.
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