Ramadi camp 3
One of the detention camps of Iranian prisoners in Iraq.
Introduction
With the continuation of the war and the increase of Iranian prisoners, Ramadi camp 3 was set up and added to the collection of Ramadi camps.
Geographical and architectural characteristics
The external features of Ramadi 3 depended on the general location of the Ramadi camps. The buildings and sanatoriums were typically identical. Ramadi camp 3 was built on a plot of 240 x 90 meters and consisted of three blocs. The camp had a grand gate and barbed wire around it. The height of the barbed wire was more than three meters and its width was 25 meters stretched in the form of a cobweb , zigzag and coiled "There was a watchtower every fifty meters. They had deployed some tanks around the turret. A large rotating camera covered the entire area. The Iraqis were monitoring everything with that camera. Large cells were built around the yard and there was a pavement in front of the cells." [1].
History and dwellers of Ramadi camp 3
Ramadi camp 3 was opened on March 9th, 1984. The prisoners of this camp were registered in the Red Cross list. The presence of Iranian prisoners in this camp involved three periods according to the number of prisoners: from the end of March 1984 to May 1986;then from the middle of April 1986 to the end of September 1990; and from the end of September 1990 to December 1990. The composition of the prisoners of Ramadi camp 3 was as follows: "Camp 3 Ramadi ( Ramadi 9 A) was established in the military area of Ramadi, following the capture of approximately 250 Iranian soldiers in the Badr operation, and then the prisoners of Qadir 1 and 2 operations, who were approximately 400 people and had been captured by Baathist forces in July and September 1985, were transferred to this camp. In 1986, about 3000 Iranian warriors were captured by the enemy.
The Baathists transferred about 1,500 of these prisoners to Ramadi Camp 10 and the rest to Ramadi Camp 9, thus forming the second bloc of this camp (9B)[2].
On May 3, 1986, the prisoners of Ramadi Camp 3 were transferred to Camp 7 and other camps, and other prisoners were transferred from Karbala 1 and 2 and the occupation of Mehran. After seven or eight months, these prisoners were introduced to the representatives of the Red Cross on October 23rd 1986. On November 25th 1987, following the intense pressure of the Iraqis, the prisoners went on a three-day hunger strike. After the exchange of prisoners in 1990, the Iraqis did not hand over the remaining 230 Iranian prisoners, who, according to the Iraqi government, were to be punished, and sent them to the Ramadi camp 3. These captives were released after two months following negotiations on October 21st 1990. Following their release in 1990, the Ramadi camp 3 was shut down [3].
Like other camps, the lack of space, lack of health and medical facilities, and persecution were the characteristics of this camp: "About five hundred prisoners lived in the camp, that is, about 65 people lived in each asylum. The camp had four heaters, one of which was always out of order. Prisoners of a sanatorium were given the opportunity to take a bath once every sixteen days. The bath was not supposed to take longer than 5 minutes. There was only one doctor for five hundred captives. Only two captives from each sanatorium had the right to consult him within 24 hours[4].
Important events
One of the most important events of the camp was the simultaneous hunger strike of the camp's three blocs on February 6th 1986 protesting against the state of nutrition and health and the playing of songs by the Iraqis. After two days, the strike in blocs 2 and 3 discontinued under duress of Iraqis , but in bloc 1 it continued for five days stopped following the consultation of the camps functionaries and elders[5] .
Bibliography
- ↑ Emami, Ismail and Maryam Ahmadpour (2010). At 1:25 am Baghdad time, Adel Khani's diary, second volume. Tehran: Surah Mehr, p. 71.
- ↑ The comprehensive website of LCs ` Defense Holy. detention camps of Iranian prisoners in Iraq. Retrieved on March 3, 2015, http://iran-pw.mihanblog. com
- ↑ Khaji, Ali (1391). Description of the cage. Tehran: Payam Azadegan, p. 213.
- ↑ Arab Ameri, Yar Mohammad (1386). Ramadi 9. Diary of Ismail Ghayyomi. Tehran: Shahid, pp. 30-32.
- ↑ The site of Payam Azadegan Cultural and Artistic Institute, an overview of the history of Ramadi Camp 9 A, retrieved on March 5, 2015, mfpa.ir/azadegan
To read more
Saleminejad, Abdul Reza (2009). Knowledge of LCs, Ch II. Tehran: Payam Azadegan.
Author of the article: Davud Khodaiyee