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DOD Memo re: Press Briefing March 19, 2004
Mar. 19, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2471
This DOD memo is an update on the of detainees in the Iraqi detention facilities as part of detainee operations. This memo collects news articles and updates the reader on new and information specific to detainee operations. It states that there are currently 9,500 security and criminal detainees in Iraq (less MEK); 3848 MEK, (Total Detainees including MEK: 13,183); 18 of the overall number are EPWs [this number is actually now 11, but this is only EPWs who are not HVDs — the HVDs include a significant number of EPWs, e.g. Saddam; 1 300 common criminals are being detained due to suspected violations of Iraq criminal law; and 8 000 are interned because they are a security threat to Coalition Forces (security internees).