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Emails between Army Officers re: Detention Operation Doctrine and Training for Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan

Aug. 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2026
This email forwards information concerning the UN-KFOR experience in Kosovo and the lessons learned from that military engagement as it pertains to training soldiers on handling detainee operations, and the proper way to recognize and report detainee and civilian abuse. The original message states “Detainee abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan echoes the incidents reported in Kosovo, with the clear exception of the more dangerous and stressful conditions of combat versus peace enforcement operations.” The Officer receiving the email responds that “this is the first that I have heard of the KFOR incidents referenced below. If others here were aware, afraid that institutional knowledge was lost as our SFOR/KFOR AOs have PCS'd or retired over the last 4-5 years. Second, such training would not have had bearing on the incidents under investigation with OIF. The OIF units involved were not originally mobilized, trained, and deployed to conduct detention operations.”
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