Editor's note: In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences and analyze the news behind events. Here, CNN's Nic Robertson describes a tour of Camp Bucca, the largest U.S.-run detention facility in Iraq. Some 2,000 suspected al Qaeda loyalists are held at Camp Bucca, the military says. CAMP BUCCA, Iraq (CNN) -- The inmates huddle below the barbed wire, looking up at the strangers who have arrived at the detention facility. They're dressed in bright yellow, almost fluorescent jumpsuits. There are 2,000 of them, described by the U.S. military as hard-core al Qaeda loyalists. These inmates are kept behind a maze of chain-link fences, topped with barbed wire, and are guarded by heavily armed men in military fatigues who hold shields. We're escorted through Camp Bucca, the United States' biggest detention facility in Iraq, by Marine Gen. Douglas Stone, who runs the camp.
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CNN's Nic Robertson goes inside main U.S. detention facility in Iraq
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Prison holds 19,000 inmates; 2,000 are suspected al Qaeda loyalists
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Inmates undergo programs to teach them moderate Islam
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Marine general: "This is the battlefield of the mind"
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