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Four Al-Qaida-Linked Prisoners Escape From Iraqi Prison

   VOA News 09 September 2010
   Detainees  are  seen  outside  their  cell block at the U.S. detention
   facility at Camp Cropper in Baghdad, Iraq (File Photo)

Photo: AP

   Detainees  are  seen  outside  their  cell block at the U.S. detention
   facility at Camp Cropper in Baghdad, Iraq (File Photo)

   Iraqi officials say four prisoners with links to al-Qaida have escaped
   from a Baghdad detention center.
   Officials say the four broke out of a U.S.-controlled section of Karkh
   Prison,  formerly  called  Camp  Cropper, Wednesday night.  It is not
   clear how they managed to escape.
   U.S.  officials  confirmed  the escape, saying the military is working
   with  Iraqi  forces  to  investigate  the  incident  and recapture the
   individuals involved.
   In  July,  the  U.S.  military handed over control of the Camp Cropper
   detention  center  to  Iraqi  authorities.  The facility houses about
   1,500  detainees, but about 200, including those who escaped, remained
   in a U.S.-controlled section of the prison.Â

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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