Iraqi detainees walk through shower runoff water while being transferred between compounds
at the Abu Ghraib Prison on the outskirts of Baghdad, today. Soldiers said that many of the
detainees have become sick because of the unhygenic conditions, but within the next week,
they are scheduled to be moved into a new and improved facility within the prison compound.
The CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes II (8 p.m. Wednesday) has obtained the video diary of a soldier talking about conditions at Camp Bucca and Abu Ghraib in Iraq, where Iraqi prisoners are currently being held.
It was “60 Minutes II” that first aired pictures two weeks ago of prisoners being abused at Abu Ghraib, igniting a political firestorm.
“We’ve already had two prisoners die … but who cares?” the soldier says on the tape. “That’s two less for me to worry about.” The tape reflects the soldier’s ‘dislike’ for the prison camp and the prisoners, according to CBS.
“I hate it here,” she says. “I want to come home. I want to be a civilian again. We actually shot two prisoners today. One got shot in the chest for swinging a pole against our people on the feed team. One got shot in the arm. We don’t know if the one we shot in the chest is dead yet.”
