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| US frees scores from IraqÂ’s Abu Ghraib prison |
| 2009-02-13 |
| BAGHDAD - The US military has released more than 100 prisoners from Abu Ghraib jail, which has been renamed Baghdad Central Prison, Iraqi officials said on Thursday. The human rights ministry told AFP the 107 Iraqis were freed from the prison in west Baghdad on Wednesday under the US-Iraqi security pact that calls for American soldiers to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011. A series of releases started on February 3 as a key part of the deal signed in November that provides for a gradual return of Iraqi sovereignty and a handover of security responsibilities. Under the agreement, prisoners must either be set free or handed over to the Iraqi authorities. Detainees are being released ‘who the US and the government of Iraq think no longer pose a threat to the security or stability of Iraq,’ US Brigadier General David Quantock, who is charge of the prisoners, said last week. The US-led coalition currently has about 15,000 prisoners in custody after six years of insurgency and sectarian warfare since the March 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein from power. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 No, more evidence that things are moving to normal. We were NOT going to lock up 15,000 people indefinitely. At some point their situation has to be resolved. Most of these jokers are low level punks and fools. The Iraqi system can handle them and, if necessary, make them wish they were back in American hands. This is good news. These jokers are irrelevant. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-02-13 09:44 |
| #2 More evidence that the wheels are coming off. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-02-13 08:04 |
| #1 Nothing compared to the damage that is going to happen with the release of 50,000+ released from California prisons. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-02-13 08:01 |