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Thread #70666   Message #1206859
Posted By: Rapparee
14-Jun-04 - 09:08 AM
Thread Name: BS: Saddam should be charged or released
Subject: RE: BS: Saddam should be charged or released
Ah..."hundreds" of prisoners were released again today from Abu Ghraib.

"The release - the fifth major one since the scandal broke - came one day after the U.S. military pledged that as many as 1,400 detainees will either be released or transferred to Iraqi authorities by the June 30 handover of power. The Americans will continue to hold between 4,000 and 5,000 prisoners deemed a threat to the coalition.

Prisoners are periodically freed from Abu Ghraib, which was also notorious for being a torture site during Saddam Hussein's regime. The U.S. military has said it will hand over the facility to Iraqi officials in August."

I found the story at the Associated Press website (it wasn't on the BBC site, at least I couldn't find it there yet).