5. The 372nd Military Police Company would find
that Abu Ghraib was located in a desolate area of Iraq surrounded by desert and
infected with intense heat. The abandoned prison was dark with the intense odder
of human excrement which had to first be ride of wild hogs that had been
feasting on the reported remains of 30,000 former prisoners of Saddam Hussain. Larger
murals of Hussain adorn the walls of the prison as Military personnel would
locate a room, known as the death chamber, that contained an elevated deck with
two square wholes with a hook adhered to the ceiling above the wholes and ropes
suspended from the hooks for the execution of a reported 80 to 100 hangings per
day. In addition, military personnel located two large incinerators for the
cremation of bodies. The 372nd had been trained to support combat
operation, upon reassignment the 372nd were instructed that they
were augment over to prison guards, with no training, and assume control of Abu
Ghraib. The prison was reported to a prime target and was frequently attacked
with mortars shells, refile fire, and bombs. The road leading to Abu Ghraib was
described as the most dangerous road on the planet. By the end of September
2003 Abu Ghraib housed 6,000 prisons with a 300 military police providing
security.
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