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==History== Camp Cropper was established by the [[Headquarters and Headquarters Company]] (HHC) of the [[115th Military Police Battalion]] in April 2003. It is named for Staff Sgt. Kenneth Cropper, a member of the [[Maryland Army National Guard]] who died in March 2002 while supporting security operations at the Pentagon. The facility was originally established as a High Value Detainee (HVD) holding area. Shortly after being established, its mission was expanded to also be a Corps Holding Area (CHA). Initially, the facility was meant to serve as "central booking" for the U.S. forces operating in Baghdad and central Iraq, though detainees from northern Iraq were brought there as well. After being processed at Camp Cropper detainees were supposed to be shipped to other detention facilities in Baghdad and throughout Iraq. However, in practice, this proved unworkable since most other prisons in Baghdad were badly damaged by looting after the fall of the [[Ba'ath Party|Baath]] regime. Additional units to operate Camp Cropper include: * 812th Military Police Company U.S. Army Reserve from Orangeburg, New York to include backfill elements of 366th MP Company of [[Stillwater, Oklahoma]]. April-June 2003 * 443rd Military Police Company, U.S. Army Reserve from [[Owings Mills, Maryland]], April–December 2003 * 186th Military Police Company, Iowa National Guard April 2003 and February 2008. *79th Military Police Company (Combat Support), U.S. Army Reserve Rochester, MN, Summer/Fall 2003-April 2004 * 141st Military Intelligence Battalion (LING), Utah Army National Guard, Orem, Utah- Command and Control (C2) for the Joint Intelligence Debriefing Center (JIDC),Task Force (TF) 134, November 2006 to October 2007. * C & B Company, 2nd Battalion, [[103d Armored Regiment]], [[Pennsylvania Army National Guard]], as part of the 89th and later 42nd Military Police Brigade. * 439th Military Police Detachment, U.S. Army Reserve from [[Omaha, Nebraska]]. * [[324th Military Police Battalion]], U.S. Army Reserve from [[Chambersburg, Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{cite web|title=324th Military Police Battalion Lineage and Honors|url= http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/mp/0324mpbn.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080619234353/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/mp/0324mpbn.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= June 19, 2008 |publisher=U.S. Army Center for Military History}}</ref> [CSC 1-107th Cavalry] [[Ohio National Guard]], 2005 * [[117th Military Police Battalion]], [[Tennessee Army National Guard]]. * [[192nd Military Police Battalion]], [[Connecticut Army National Guard]], as part of the [[89th Military Police Brigade]] from 2009 thru 2010 In August 2006, a [[combat support hospital]] was opened on Camp Cropper that would treat both coalition soldiers and detainees from Camp Cropper. The hospital was initially staffed by members of the [[21st Combat Support Hospital]] from [[Fort Hood, Texas]] who transferred to the new facility after the closure of the [[Abu Ghraib prison|Abu Ghraib]] detention facility.<ref>{{cite press release |title=New hospital to treat detainees, Soldiers, currently the hospital is operated by the 31st CSH from Fort Bliss, TX|publisher=Multi-National Force - Iraq |date=2006-08-03 |url=http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1559&Itemid=109 |access-date=2006-12-23}}</ref> The 21st CSH was later replaced by the [[31st Combat Support Hospital]] from [[Fort Bliss, Texas]]. On March 15, 2007 military officials announced plans to once again expand Camp Bucca and Camp Cropper. Officials stated that this increase in capacity would be necessary to handle the detainees generated from the increased security operations in [[Baghdad]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Walter |last=Pincus |title=U.S. plans to expand detention centers |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sfl-airaqdetain15mar15,0,7242722.story?track=rss |newspaper=Washington Post |publisher=Sun-Sentinel |date=2007-03-15 |access-date=2007-03-15 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> In the summer of 2010 the Camp Cropper facility was turned over to the Iraqi government and renamed Karkh Prison.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Detainee Ops Chief Gives Karkh Prison Good Reviews|url=https://www.army.mil/article/56162/Detainee_ops_chief_gives_Karkh_prison_good_reviews/|publisher=U.S. Army Public Affairs}}</ref> A portion of Camp Cropper was still in use by the U.S. Army until December 2011 through the [[40th Military Police Battalion]], [[15th Military Police Brigade]], the [[105th Military Police Battalion]], [[4th Infantry Division (United States)|3rd Brigade 4th Infantry Division]], Military Police Platoon, and [[108th Military Police Company]], [[16th Military Police Brigade]].
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