Editing Camp Cropper (section)

==Criticism==
On 2004-06-16, [[The Pentagon]] confirmed a report in ''[[The New York Times]]'' that former [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] chief [[George Tenet]] had been allowed by former [[United States Secretary of Defense|U.S. Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] to have an Iraqi prisoner secretly detained at Camp Cropper since November, but denied they were trying to hide the prisoner from the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Jamie |last=McIntyre |title=Pentagon: Iraqi held secretly at CIA request |url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/16/ghost.prisoner/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=2004-06-16 |access-date=2007-04-09 }}</ref> Rumsfeld later told reporters that the prisoner was treated humanely.<ref>{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Bowman |title=Rumsfeld admits telling military to hide detainee |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/iraq/bal-te.rumsfeld18jun18,0,4914397.story?coll=bal-iraq-utility |work=Baltimore Sun |date=2004-06-18 |access-date=2007-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930043947/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/iraq/bal-te.rumsfeld18jun18%2C0%2C4914397.story?coll=bal-iraq-utility |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2003, the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]] was given regular and open access to the facility and the detainees, the Red Cross documented severe living conditions, harsh treatment by guards, and poor medical care.

In October 2006, the International Committee of the Red Cross reported the wounding of one American soldier to date by detainees.  The attack was reported to have been under suspicious circumstances.

Since the closure of Abu Ghraib and the subsequent relocation to Camp Cropper, the now-larger prison has seen criticism for abuses of detainees<ref>{{cite news |first=Douglas |last=Jehl |title=Earlier Jail Seen as Incubator for Abuses in Iraq |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/15/politics/15ABUS.html?ex=1399953600&en=d35ca7592586ee26&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND |work=The New York Times |date=2004-05-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first= Michael |last=Moss |title=American Recalls Torment As a U.S. Detainee in Iraq |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/world/middleeast/18justice.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin |work=The New York Times |date=2006-12-18 |access-date=2006-12-18}}</ref> and a hotbed of insurgent recruitment.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ned |last=Parker |title=Iraqi insurgents recruit among U.S.-held detainees |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-prisons8apr08,1,4397044.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110810224744/http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-prisons8apr08,1,4397044.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-10 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2007-04-08 |access-date=2007-04-09}}</ref> Between October and December 2006, the [[Multinational Force Iraq|MNF-I]] reported the deaths of three detainees at Camp Cropper. One from injuries inflicted by other detainees on October 29,<ref>{{cite press release |title=Detainee dies at Camp Cropper |publisher=Multi-National Force - Iraq |date=2006-10-30 |url=http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6930&Itemid=21 |access-date=2006-12-23}}</ref> two on November 30 and December 2 from natural causes.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Detainee dies at Camp Cropper |publisher=Multi-National Force - Iraq |date=2006-12-01 |url=http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7656&Itemid=21 |access-date=2006-12-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Detainee dies at Camp Cropper |publisher=Multi-National Force - Iraq |date=2006-12-06 |url=http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7819&Itemid=21 |access-date=2006-12-23}}</ref> Other detainees died on 2007-04-04,<ref>{{cite press release |title=Detainee dies at Camp Cropper |publisher=Multi-National Force - Iraq |date=2007-04-06 |url=http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11170&Itemid=21 |access-date=2007-04-09}}</ref> 2007-05-26<ref>{{cite press release |title=Detainee dies at Camp Cropper |publisher=Multi-National Force - Iraq |date=2007-05-28 |url=http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12059&Itemid=128 |access-date=2007-05-29}}</ref> and 2007-07-07.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Detainee dies at Camp Cropper |publisher=Multi-National Force - Iraq |date=2007-07-10 |url=http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12772&Itemid=128 |access-date=2007-07-11}}</ref>

In late April 2007, the former commander of Camp Cropper, [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[William H. Steele (United States Army officer)|William H. Steele]] was reported to be held in a military prison in [[Kuwait]] to await an [[Article 32 hearing]]. He was charged with various breaches of military law, including supplying an unmonitored cellphone to a detainee and inappropriate relationship with a detainee's daughter.<ref>{{cite news |last=AP |title=Colonel Charged with Aiding Enemy |url=http://www.nysun.com/article/53294 |work=New York Sun |date=2007-04-26 |access-date=2007-04-26}}</ref> On October 19, 2007, a military judge found Steele not guilty on the charge of aiding the enemy, but guilty of "unauthorized possession of classified documents, behavior unbecoming an officer for an inappropriate relationship with an interpreter and failing to obey a lawful order". Steele faced a possible maximum 6-year sentence for the charges he previously pleaded guilty to, as well as an additional 10 years for the charges for which he was convicted.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/19/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Soldier-Trial.php?WT.mc_id=rssfrontpage |author=Katarina Kratovac |title=U.S. officer avoids life sentence on charges of aiding the enemy |date=2007-10-19 |work=[[International Herald Tribune]]|access-date=2007-10-19}}{{dead link|date=April 2015}}</ref> Instead, he was sentenced to 2 years confinement, minus time already served, loss of his military retirement, forfeiture of pay and allowances and a dismissal from the military.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3751752 |author=Katarina Kratovac |title=Ex-US Commander in Iraq Gets 2-Year Term |date=2007-10-19 |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=2007-10-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115163324/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3751752 |archive-date=November 15, 2007}}</ref>