Tensions in Adhamiya, a Sunni stronghold, have been increasing as news of the pending transfer spreads.
"These people are being held pending transfer to the Afghan national security system," he added.
He was being held in detention at nearby Camp Bondsteel pending transfer to the United States Army's confinement facility in Mannheim, Germany.
Mr. Rivera was being treated for his injuries tonight at an area hospital pending transfer to the Camden County jail.
In 2005, the Bush administration notified Congress of a pending transfer to Israel of bombs designed to destroy buried targets.
The letter said they would be taken to Nairobi's Thika municipal stadium, which would act as a 'holding ground' pending transfer to the camps".
Many body parts have already been retrieved, and stored at Barksdale Air Force Base in Western Louisiana pending transfer to a special military laboratory for identification.
All that remains is for Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta to sign the final paperwork and give Congress a legally mandated 30-day notice of a pending transfer.
On Friday afternoon, Judge Denise Cote of Federal District Court in Manhattan ordered Mr. Kurniawan held in California without bail pending transfer to New York, saying that he faced nearly a decade in prison if convicted and had "a strong motive to flee".
