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   The Canary    
   March 9, 2017    
   ... say British special forces captured them in Iraq in 2004. They then detained them at Camp Nama in Baghdad. And they handed them to US troops, who kept them in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. Finally, they transferred them to Bagram's 'Black Jail' in Afghanistan. At the facilities, one plaintiff describesà...     
  
   
   Middle East Eye    
   March 8, 2017    
   They are believed to have been held first at Camp Nama, a secret detention facility at Baghdad airport that British troops helped to run. They were later transferred to Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib jail before being rendered to the Bagram "black prison" in Afghanistan. They were released without charge 10à...     
 
  
 
 
   
  
   
   The Intercept    
   September 8, 2016    
   McChrystal oversaw a dramatic expansion in the use of night raids and assassinations, and would later be accused of condoning torture at JSOC's Iraq Base, Camp NAMA (code for Nasty-Ass Military Area). Richard Fontaine, a former McCain adviser and president of the counterinsurgency-focused thinkà...     
  
   
   The Intercept    
   July 13, 2016    
   In addition to the CIA's widely reported use of torture and black-site detention facilities, JSOC, in Iraq, also faced allegations of abusing detainees, in particular at a location known as Camp Nama, though Flynn has maintained that he took an active part in shutting down abusive interrogation practices onceà...     
  
   
   The Conversation UK    
   December 14, 2014    
   The details that have leaked out about operations at H1 and Camp Nama have eerie parallels with the treatment of al-Iraqi and Ghul. They illustrate that, right from the start, the agency was involved – either directly or via collusion – in the torture and abuse of detainees during the Iraq War. Crucially, thoughà...     
  
   
   Al-Arabiya    
   April 2, 2013    
   The 10th anniversary of the U.S-led war on Iraq prompted a number of former servicemen to describe human rights abuses witnessed at Camp Nama. (AFP). Al Arabiya Tuesday, 2 ... Brutal interrogation methods were documented at Camp Nama, based at Baghdad International airport. These included Iraqià...     
 
  
 
 
   
  
   
   Atlantic Online    
   May 15, 2009    
   McChrystal's past is mysterious but there is little doubt that he was deeply involved in one of the worst torture outfits in Iraq, Camp "Nama", an acronym for "Nasty Ass Military Area". The key sources for what went on at Nama are a NYT story here, and a Human Rights Watch report here. Two prisoners wereà...     
  
   
   Esquire    
   May 11, 2009    
   This was Camp Nama, the home of Task Force 121, the Special Ops team that chased Osama bin Laden and caught Saddam Hussein and would ultimately locate and kill Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the self-described leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq. It was Rumsfeld's baby, the Platonic ideal of his fast and mobileà...     
  
   
   BBC News    
   July 24, 2006    
   The HRW report gives first-hand accounts of abuses at a detention centre at Baghdad airport called Camp Nama, as well as a facility near Mosul airport and a base near al-Qaim on the Syrian border. An interrogator posted at Mosul in 2004 told HRW that he and his fellow interrogators had been told by theà...     
  
   
   The Canary    
   March 9, 2017    
   ... say British special forces captured them in Iraq in 2004. They then detained them at Camp Nama in Baghdad. And they handed them to US troops, who kept them in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. Finally, they transferred them to Bagram's 'Black Jail' in Afghanistan. At the facilities, one plaintiff describes ...     
  
   
   Middle East Eye    
   March 8, 2017    
   They are believed to have been held first at Camp Nama, a secret detention facility at Baghdad airport that British troops helped to run. They were later transferred to Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib jail before being rendered to the Bagram "black prison" in Afghanistan. They were released without charge 10 ...     
  
   
   The Intercept    
   July 13, 2016    
   In addition to the CIA's widely reported use of torture and black-site detention facilities, JSOC, in Iraq, also faced allegations of abusing detainees, in particular at a location known as Camp Nama, though Flynn has maintained that he took an active part in shutting down abusive interrogation practices once ...     
  
   
   Democracy Now    
   October 3, 2014    
   You know, JSOC, the Joint Special Operations Command, ran a torture factory in Iraq at a camp called Camp Nama, which is Nasty A-S-S Military Area, where they were just torturing, torturing, torturing people, trying to find the next target to hit. You know, this is—these militants are adopting the very tactics ...     
  
   
   Al-Arabiya    
   April 2, 2013    
   The 10th anniversary of the U.S-led war on Iraq prompted a number of former servicemen to describe human rights abuses witnessed at Camp Nama. (AFP). Al Arabiya Tuesday, 2 ... Brutal interrogation methods were documented at Camp Nama, based at Baghdad International airport. These included Iraqi ...     
  
   
   Atlantic Online    
   May 15, 2009    
   McChrystal's past is mysterious but there is little doubt that he was deeply involved in one of the worst torture outfits in Iraq, Camp "Nama", an acronym for "Nasty Ass Military Area". The key sources for what went on at Nama are a NYT story here, and a Human Rights Watch report here. Two prisoners were ...     
  
   
   Esquire    
   May 11, 2009    
   This was Camp Nama, the home of Task Force 121, the Special Ops team that chased Osama bin Laden and caught Saddam Hussein and would ultimately locate and kill Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the self-described leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq. It was Rumsfeld's baby, the Platonic ideal of his fast and mobile ...     
  
   
   Atlantic Online    
   May 11, 2009    
   This means that a full-bird colonel and all his support staff knew exactly what was going on at Camp Nama. "Do you know where the colonel was getting his orders from?" he asks. Jeff answers quickly, perhaps a little defiantly. "I believe it was a two-star general. I believe his name was General McChrystal.     
 
  
 
 
   
  
   
   BBC News    
   July 24, 2006    
   The HRW report gives first-hand accounts of abuses at a detention centre at Baghdad airport called Camp Nama, as well as a facility near Mosul airport and a base near al-Qaim on the Syrian border. An interrogator posted at Mosul in 2004 told HRW that he and his fellow interrogators had been told by the ...     
  
   
   The Canary    
   March 9, 2017    
   They then detained them at Camp Nama in Baghdad. And they handed them to US troops, who kept them in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison.     
  
   
   Middle East Eye    
   March 8, 2017    
   They are believed to have been held first at Camp Nama, a secret detention facility at Baghdad airport that British troops helped to run.     
  
   
   AllGov    
   February 15, 2017    
   Most notably, the horrific examples of torture and abuse of prisoners that were carried out at Camp Nama in Baghdad took place while Flynnà...     
  
   
   Democracy Now!    
   November 21, 2016    
   They had set up a notorious prison called Camp Nama in Baghdad. Later, when Flynn and McChrystal really were rolling their sleeves up, theyà...     
  
   
   The Intercept    
   September 8, 2016    
   ... and assassinations, and would later be accused of condoning torture at JSOC's Iraq Base, Camp NAMA (code for Nasty-Ass Military Area).     
  
   
   The Intercept    
   July 13, 2016    
   ... also faced allegations of abusing detainees, in particular at a location known as Camp Nama, though Flynn has maintained that he took anà...     
  
   
   Human Rights Watch    
   August 1, 2014    
   In 2006, Human Rights Watch documented extensive abuse against detainees at Camp Nama, where they were regularly stripped naked,à...     
  
   
   Al-Arabiya    
   April 2, 2013    
   The 10th anniversary of the U.S-led war on Iraq prompted a number of former servicemen to describe human rights abuses witnessed at Campà...     
  
   
   Atlantic Online    
   May 15, 2009    
   McChrystal's past is mysterious but there is little doubt that he was deeply involved in one of the worst torture outfits in Iraq, Camp "Nama",à...     
  
   
   New York Times    
   March 20, 2006    
   The Black Room was part of a temporary detention site at Camp Nama, the secret headquarters of a shadowy military unit known as Task Forceà...     
  
   
   AllGov    
   February 15, 2017    
   Most notably, the horrific examples of torture and abuse of prisoners that were carried out at Camp Nama in Baghdad took place while Flynn was in charge.     
  
   
   AllGov    
   November 21, 2016    
   Most notably, the horrific examples of torture and abuse of prisoners that were carried out at Camp Nama in Baghdad took place while Flynn was in charge.     
  
   
   Foreign Policy Journal    
   November 21, 2016    
   "The former lieutenant general denied any involvement in the litany of abuses carried out by JSOC interrogators at Camp Nama in Iraq, as revealed by the New York Times and Human Rights Watch, but admitted the US prison system in Iraq in the post-warà...     
  
   
   Democracy Now!    
   November 21, 2016    
   They had set up a notorious prison called Camp Nama in Baghdad. Later, when Flynn and McChrystal really were rolling their sleeves up, they moved it the Balad Air Base.     
  
   
   The Canary    
   October 6, 2016    
   Snatch squads formed from Special Air Service and Special Boat Service squadrons brought suspects to Camp Nama for questioning by US interrogators.     
  
   
   The American Conservative    
   September 27, 2016    
   ... is former CIA Director David Petraeus, who ironically was a commander of the multinational forces in Iraq during the period in which Joint Special Operations Command was operating its own secret interrogation sites, including the infamous Camp Nama.     
  
   
   The Real News Network    
   September 9, 2016    
   McChrystal oversaw a dramatic expansion in the use of night raids and assassinations, and would later be accused of condoning torture at JSOC's Iraq Base, Camp NAMA (code for Nasty-Ass Military Area). Richard Fontaine, a former McCain adviser andà...     
  
   
   The Intercept    
   September 8, 2016    
   McChrystal oversaw a dramatic expansion in the use of night raids and assassinations, and would later be accused of condoning torture at JSOC's Iraq Base, Camp NAMA (code for Nasty-Ass Military Area). Richard Fontaine, a former McCain adviser andà...     
  
   
   The Intercept    
   July 13, 2016    
   In addition to the CIA's widely reported use of torture and black-site detention facilities, JSOC, in Iraq, also faced allegations of abusing detainees, in particular at a location known as Camp Nama, though Flynn has maintained that he took an active ...     
  
   
   The Intercept    
   July 13, 2016    
   In addition to the CIA's widely reported use of torture and black-site detention facilities, JSOC, in Iraq, also faced allegations of abusing detainees, in particular at a location known as Camp Nama, though Flynn has maintained that he took an active ...     
 
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