MAJOR GENERAL ANTONIO M. TAGUBA, US Army, CF

1234567Q. Also at the MEK, when I talked to the Command Group there;one, they were not aware that you had to post them on the facilitiesitself, or anywhere in the Command Group Headquarters, until I toldthem that they had a requirements under the provisions of 190-8, thatthat was a directive since the Army is the executive agent fordetainee operations.A. Sir, in the hallway, in their TOC, as soon as you come in8the door, where the 530 this, it was posted on the wall. It was910111213141516171819202122posted in the latrine facility. It was posted in the-- and the MEKleaders had copies of the Geneva-Hague Conventions.Q. Okay.A. So-- and it was posted in the mess hall, in the DFAC. So,I am surprised.Q. Okay. Well, I even had to recommend almost to the point ofdirecting a Battalion Commander, in fact it was Lieutenant ColonelMcGlone that he had to post that at the HVD, twice. So----A. Sir, at the HVD facility, in Baghdad, each one of thosedetainees had a copy of the Geneva-Hague Convention in their languageand some of them asked for English. And around Ramadan, when I wasat the HVD facility, I spoke to a large number of those HVD detaineesand I asked them if they had any questions, they asked very goodquestions about-- in compliance with Geneva-Hague Conventions I’m72