U.S. Expects Iraq Prison Growth(a look inside the contract )

[maddezmom]

Crackdown Likely to Mean More Inmates at 2 Detention Centers

By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 14, 2007; Page A10

The United States is expanding its two major detention centers in Iraq with the expectation that the new security crackdown in Baghdad will add hundreds and perhaps thousands of prisoners to the 17,000 it holds, U.S. military spokesmen said.

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The Camp Cropper contract proposal, reviewed by The Washington Post, underscores the detainee increase and offers insight into U.S. detention practices in Iraq -- including a ban against hiring local staffers and an emphasis on meal practices sensitive to local traditions.

According to the food contract, local Iraqis and Iraqi companies are prohibited from preparing and serving food for the detainees. Neither the U.S. government nor Iraqi government "presently has a vetting process which would accommodate Iraqi employees while ensuring adequate security," according to the contract proposal.

Instead, the contactor is to use "expatriates and third-country nationals." Any third-country nationals hired must live in trailers or tents provided by the contractor on a U.S. military base near the food facility. "This was done for the security and safety of the installation and the workers" and at the request of the U.S. military police battalion on the base, Siegfried said.

more:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/13/AR2007031301732.html

more money for halliburton/KBR?

[LynnTheDem]

1. George w. bUsh's idea of

"sovereignty" and "freedom".

[Cobalt Violet]

2. That's what we do best...In Guard we trust.

Land of the free, home of the brave my ass.

[rodeodance]

3. "I owe my sould to the company store"---