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      October 20, 2004
      Release Number: 04-10-54


      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


      DETAINEE DIES AT CAMP BUCCA

      CAMP BUCCA, Iraq - A security internee died Tuesday evening, Oct. 19, of 
      unknown causes at Camp Bucca, near the Iraqi town of Umm Qasr. An autopsy 
      is pending to determine the cause of death. 

      Detainees notified the guards at approximately 4:20 p.m. that the 
      individual was suffering a medical problem, carrying him to the gate for 
      medical care. Guards immediately notified medics, who performed emergency 
      life-saving measures at the scene, including CPR, and transported him to 
      the detainee medical facility at the camp. He was pronounced dead shortly 
      after 5 p.m. by an attending physician. 

      The deceased is a 26-year-old male, who had been held as a security 
      internee at Abu Ghraib and Camp Bucca since November 2003. He was not 
      being treated for any medical conditions at the time of his death. 

      An investigation was initiated to determine the precise cause of death, 
      which is standing procedure for all detainees who die while in custody of 
      MNF-I. 

      Upon completion of the autopsy, the remains will be turned over to the 
      International Committee of the Red Cross for transfer to the Iraqi 
      government and the family of the deceased. 

      Camp Bucca currently detains 3,900 security internees, while the Abu 
      Ghraib facility detains about 1,370.

      TEXT PROVIDED BY TASK FORCE 134, DETAINEE OPERATONS. For more information, 
      please contact LTC BARRY JOHNSON AT BARRY.JOHNSON@VCMAIN.HQ.C5.ARMY.MIL OR 
      (914)360-3495. 







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