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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 17 > U.S. closes large detention camp in Iraq

U.S. closes large detention camp in Iraq

By Bulletin wire reports / The Bulletin
September 17, 2009

CAMP BUCCA, Iraq — The U.S. military on Wednesday closed Camp Bucca, an isolated desert prison that was once its largest lockup in Iraq, as it moves to release thousands of detainees or transfer them to Iraqi custody before the end of the year.

The sprawling facility just north of the Kuwaiti....

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