US: Detainee dies in US custody in Iraq

Associated Press
Monday, December 15, 2008

BAGHDAD – The U.S. military says a detainee has died of an apparent heart attack while in custody at a U.S. detention facility in Baghdad.

Monday’s statement says the 25-year-old man was pronounced dead by doctors at a combat hospital after losing consciousness at Camp Cropper.

The military did not release the name or nationality of the detainee, nor did it say why he was being held.

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