MAJOR GENERAL ANTONIO M. TAGUBA, US Army, CF

1234567891011121314151617181920212223Not held more than 72 hours capacity of 250. The were held theresometimes for weeks, and the capacity was well over 700 at itshighest point. The MEK mission, although we were securing the MEK,they were not criminals, they were not-- or they weren’t being calledcriminals. The downtown jails, you could literally kick out the barsof the windows or the doors. They were really meant and used for thetraining grounds for the new Iraqi corrections officers that werecoming out of the training courses that we were conducting. Mosulwas a division holding area while they were rebuilding thecorrections facility up there. Uh-- so it was different at eachlocation. But we focused generally, I would focus when I visited allthose locations, safety, the health, the welfare, how they werehandling the detainees, were the detainees getting food, were theygetting clothes, what were the logistical supplies. And every one ofthose, and every one of the-- we handled and my S-4 insured that wehandled and equipped and supplied Cropper, Talil, Bucca, BaghdadCentral. CPA was responsible for funding and supplying all of theother facilities.Q. Outside of your--A. Outside of the military internment operations. And theydidn’t do it. They, Blaine McCarter and Gary Delane were, GaryDelane especially was reckless and he was more interested in how manyAK-47s he could keep in the bathroom, than he was about prisoners68