The war was declared over - the end of major combat operations - in May 2003. Release procedures got under way immediately; reducing the population from 8,000 to just over 300, of course, requires fewer military police soldiers. Janis Karpinski 000combatdeclare share on social
I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed. Janis Karpinski 800thbrigadedeploy Change image and share on social
After they killed Uday and Qusay, the focus centered on Saddam: Find him, kill him, capture him, whatever it takes. To me, it was a false sense of security: If we get Saddam, we're going to win this war. Janis Karpinski capturecenterfalse share on social
The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first of July, up to Baghdad. I joined my brigade to take command at the end of June. Janis Karpinski 800thbaghdadbrigade Change image and share on social
I had 16 other prisons that I needed to pay attention to, and we did. And I had 3,400 soldiers who were depending on me to take care of them, and I did. Janis Karpinski attentioncaredepend Change image and share on social
I knew how many MPs I had assigned to the brigade, how many military prison operations I would be running, but we needed to evaluate how many criminal prison operations we could support. Janis Karpinski assignbrigadecriminal Change image and share on social
Military police know what to do, they know the Geneva Conventions, and their objective is to provide a safe, secure, fair environment for prisoners under their control. Janis Karpinski controlconventionenvironment Change image and share on social
If you are charged with this responsibility of enhancing interrogations, or using soldiers to enhance interrogations to find Saddam, and you're above the law for all practical purposes, you might try some unusual techniques. Now we know that, in fact, they did. Janis Karpinski chargeenhancefact share on social
They transfer the prison, and all of a sudden all this money cuts loose, all these people cut loose. Janis Karpinski cutloosemoney Change image and share on social
Shortly after we arrived in Baghdad, we had another conversation with the ambassador. He said that he wanted us to give him the timeline, because we had 90 days to get these prisons operational and transfer responsibility back to the Iraqis. Janis Karpinski ambassadorarriveback share on social
