More prisoners released from abuse scandal jail

The US military released Iraqi prisoners today from the Abu Ghraib jail, the centre of a scandal involving abuse of detainees by American soldiers.

Fri, 28 May, 2004 - 08:46

The US military released Iraqi prisoners today from the Abu Ghraib jail, the centre of a scandal involving abuse of detainees by American soldiers.

Hundreds of relatives watched as a convoy of at least 13 buses left the prison on the western outskirts of Baghdad. The US military did not reveal where the prisoners were going.

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