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BAGHDAD, Dec 10 (AFP) - Iraq's justice ministry announced Saturday that 241
security detainees had been released from the notorious Abu Ghraib and Camp
Bucca prisons ahead of Thursday's key general election.
"These detainees were released after their cases were examined by a
four-party committee of representatives from three Iraqi ministries and the
multinational force," said a ministry spokesman.
The committee will continue to examine on a case by case basis allegations
against thousands of security detainees and those arrested on suspicion of
involvement in violence and attacks against Iraqi and foreign security
forces.
The committee has looked at the cases of 21,400 detainees and ordered the
release of 11,900 security detainees since August 2004, the Iraqi government
has said.
On November 2, 124 detainees were freed ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid
al-Fitr, a day after some 675 inmates walked free from US-run prison camps.
Abu Ghraib, notorious both during and after the Saddam Hussein regime, was
at the heart of a 2004 prisoner abuse scandal that tarnished the reputation
of the US military.
security detainees had been released from the notorious Abu Ghraib and Camp
Bucca prisons ahead of Thursday's key general election.
"These detainees were released after their cases were examined by a
four-party committee of representatives from three Iraqi ministries and the
multinational force," said a ministry spokesman.
The committee will continue to examine on a case by case basis allegations
against thousands of security detainees and those arrested on suspicion of
involvement in violence and attacks against Iraqi and foreign security
forces.
The committee has looked at the cases of 21,400 detainees and ordered the
release of 11,900 security detainees since August 2004, the Iraqi government
has said.
On November 2, 124 detainees were freed ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid
al-Fitr, a day after some 675 inmates walked free from US-run prison camps.
Abu Ghraib, notorious both during and after the Saddam Hussein regime, was
at the heart of a 2004 prisoner abuse scandal that tarnished the reputation
of the US military.