Camp Whitehorse

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Camp Whitehorse was a small prison, run by United States Marines, near Tallil Airbase, in Iraq, outside of Nasiriyah.^[1]

Abuse incidents said to have occurred at Camp Whitehorse include:

Nagem Hatab	beating death	Camp staff believed that Hatab had a role in the torture of Jessica Lynch.[2]
50-10 technique	stress position	Guards testified that they were to force inmates to stand for fifty minutes of the hour, for ten hours per day.[3]

[edit] See also

• Abu Ghraib prison
• Camp Bucca
• Iraq prison abuse scandal

[edit] References

1. ^  Tallil Airbase, Global Security
2. ^  Marine Guilty Of Prison Abuse, CBS News, September 2, 2004
3. ^  Intelligence Agents Accused in Abuse: U.S. Guards Accuse Military Intelligence Operatives of Encouraging Abuse in 4 Iraq Prisons], mirrored Associated Press, May 29, 2004