Latest batch of prisoners released from Abu Ghraib

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(15 Jul 2004) • 1. Sentry in watchtower looking through binoculars at the Abu Ghraib detention facility • 2. Various shots of prison grounds and prisoners • 3. Various shots of fence and watch tower • 4. Group of prisoners seated in processing area with military police standing nearby and prisoners' backs to camera • 5. Military policemen • 6. Various shots of prisoners • 7. Tilt down from American flag to Lieutenant Colonel Craig Essick, Military Police Battalion 391 • 8. Insignia on Essick's uniform • 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Colonel Craig Essick, Military Police Battalion 391: • Right now we have a detainee camp here which we hold right now around 2200 detainees. We treat all prisoners according to the Geneva Conventions and basically all international and world laws. We follow all the rules. • 10. Prison behind wired wall with sign: 391st Military Police Battalion • 11. Various shots of US soldier speaking to prisoner • 12. Sign: Warning This Is A Restricted Area Deadly Force Is Authorised • 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain Vincent Amerena, 391 Military Police Battalion: • Those accusations, those incidents happened well before our arrival. I can't speak to the specifics of them about the investigations going on. If those who are accused are found guilty then they should be punished accordingly. We don't condone that kind of behaviour and we conduct ourselves with honour and professionalism. • 14. Various shots of guards handing out money to released prisoners • 15. Bus carrying prisoners out of camp • 16. Released prisoners getting on bus • 17. Interior shot of bus with prisoners • 18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Released Prisoner Voxpop: • The Americans treated us well - even better than Iraqis (meaning under Saddam Hussein's regime). • 19. Bus driving away from Abu Ghraib • 20. Bus arriving at Amariya base camp • 21. Released prisoners walking from bus • 22. Released prisoner embracing relative • • STORYLINE: • • Sixty five prisoners detained in Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad were released on Thursday and taken to the Amariya military base in Western Baghdad where they were met by relatives. • • The prisoners were among some twenty-two hundred detainees imprisoned under the suspicion of insurgent activities. • • APTN was offered a rare look inside parts of the camp where the prisoners lived in a series of tents under a heavily fortified presence. • • American military police from the 391st Battalion guard arrived to run the camp in February. • • They took over from the 372nd MP company which gained notoriety in April after photos of abuse and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners were made public. • • Seven members of that reserve unit were charged in the scandal. • • The Bush administration characterised the abuse as the failings of a few renegade soldiers and promised that those responsible will be quickly punished. • • Civilian defence attorneys have contended the military police were acting on instructions from military intelligence officers and civilian contract interrogators. • • Those who run the camp now are at pains to point out that all prisoners are treated in accordance with the Geneva Conventions. • • Many prisoners at Abu Ghraib have been released in recent months and charges have been dropped. • • Released prisoners acknowledged that their treatment had improved since the scandal broke. • • One released prisoner said he received better treatment under the Americans than when the prison was run by Saddam Hussein's regime. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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