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Firstly, the word is concentration, from the root word concentrate. I'm kind of stuck here, trying to figure out whether you're really serious, or just pulling our leg. What we did to the Japanese Americans was reprehensible, though somewhat understandable, considering the mood of outrage and hysteria that existed. After all, they had the audacity to attack America directly. If we were going to adopt such a program, it should have included all German and Italian Americans. But, we know that could never happen because there were too many of them to make such a program feasible. The Japanese Americans, on the other hand, were much more in a minority, and were easy to recognize, because they simply looked different, never mind that they were every bit as American as you and I. The patriotism of the Japanese Americans is best reflected in the combat record of the Army's Nisei Brigade, which fought in Italy. They ultimately became the most highly decorated unit in the Army, despite knowing that their families had been stripped of their property and businesses, and sent to internment camps. To do the same thing to whom you refer to as "Arabs" would be just as reprehensible and unjustified, in my opinion.