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Like John McCain, Col. George E. "Bud" Day spent over 5 yrs in Vietnamese POW camps. Day and John McCain were cell-mates for about 2 and a half years. Day is a legendary military hero with more medals and ribbons than anyone since General Douglas MacArthur.

UMM QASR, Iraq -- Hurling rocks, bottles filled with sand and wooden stakes, detainees at the only permanent U.S. prisoner-of-war camp in Iraq riot almost daily, military officials said Sunday. Anger over slow food lines or disputes among ethnic groups can spark uprisings--especially with ringleaders quick to incite riots inside the prison camp that houses about 6,000 Iraqis under long white open tents, they said. "Pretty much every day there's a riot. It can get real ugly in there for the MPs [military police]," said Maj. Joel Droba of the 13th Psychological Operations battalion, which broadcasts orders for calm over...

Filed at 2:56 p.m. ET UMM QASR, Iraq (Reuters) - Hurling rocks, bottles filled with sand and wooden stakes, detainees at the only permanent U.S. prisoner-of-war camp in Iraq riot almost daily, military officials said on Sunday. Anger over slow food lines or disputes between different ethnic groups can spark uprisings -- especially with ringleaders quick to incite riots inside the prison that houses about 6,000 Iraqis under long white open tents, they said. ``Pretty much every day there's a riot. It can get real ugly in there for the MPs (military police),'' said Maj. Joel Droba of the 13th...