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SLIDE SHOW Posted: July 18, 2008   
Inside an Iraqi Detention Site FLASH VERSION
Camp Bucca in southern Iraq holds about 18,000 Iraqis considered an "imperative security threat". At the U.S.-run facility, the detainees take classes and get visits from their families as they await military reviews of their threat status. Col. David Glaser, who is in charge of detainee operations, describes the facility.
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Produced by: Larisa Epatko
Task Force Bucca Commander, Col. David Glaser, head of detainee operations at Camp Bucca in Umm Qasar, Iraq, takes Iraqi national security adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie and others to see the compound's school.
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Task Force Bucca Commander
Col. David Glaser, head of detainee operations at Camp Bucca in Umm Qasar, Iraq, takes Iraqi national security adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie and others to see the compound's school.
Speaking: Col. David Glaser
Photo Credit: Spc. Amie McMillan, Audio Credit: Larisa Epatko
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