Iraqi PM says 2,500 detainees will be released

Prime minister Nouri Maliki today said 2,500 Iraqi prisoners would be freed from US and Iraqi-run detention centres as part of reconciliation efforts in the war-torn country.

Iraqi PM says 2,500 detainees will be released
Tue, 06 Jun, 2006 - 14:16

Prime minister Nouri Maliki today said 2,500 Iraqi prisoners would be freed from US and Iraqi-run detention centres as part of reconciliation efforts in the war-torn country.

The first batch of about 500 detainees will be released tomorrow, Maliki said.

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