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Iraqi minister says 4 al-Qaida inmates escape jail (AP)

July 22nd, 2010

FILE - In this Thursday, July 15, 2010 file photo, Iraq's Minister of Justice Dara Noureddin, left, and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jerry Cannon, right, hold a symbolic key to the US Theater Internment Facility at Camp Cropper during a ceremony transferring the facility to Iraqi control in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's justice minister says four al-Qaida-linked detainees have escaped from the Baghdad area prison that was handed over by the U.S. to Iraqi authorities a week ago. (AP Photo / Maya Alleruzzo, File)AP - Four al-Qaida-linked detainees have escaped from a Baghdad area prison that was handed over by the U.S. to Iraqi authorities a week ago, Iraq’s justice minister said Thursday…

Iraq: 4 inmates with al-Qaida links have escaped prison (AP)

July 22nd, 2010

Iraqis inspect destrcution at the site of a rocket attack in Baghdad in March, 2010. Three security contractors working for the US government were killed and 15 wounded in a rocket attack on the Iraqi capital's heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday, the American embassy said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AP - Four al-Qaida-linked detainees have escaped from a Baghdad area prison that was handed over by the U.S. to Iraqi authorities a week ago, Iraq’s justice minister said Thursday.


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US transfers last prison under its control to Iraq (AP)

July 15th, 2010

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2008 file photo, detainees are seen through a fence as they perform their noon prayers at the U.S. detention facility at Camp Cropper in Baghdad, Iraq. The U.S. has handed over 55 former members of Saddam Hussein's inner circle, including the longtime binternational/b face of the regime, Tariq Aziz, Iraq's deputy justice minister said Wednesday July 14 2010. The announcement comes a day before U.S. authorities are to transfer authority of Camp Cropper, the last American-run detention facility to the Iraqi government.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)AP - The United States has handed over the last detention facility under its control to Iraqi authorities.


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Iraq faces new test in US handover of last prison (AP)

July 14th, 2010

FILE - In this July 1, 2004 file photo cleared by the US military, Tariq Aziz, Iraq's former deputy prime minister, appears in a courtroom at Camp Victory, a former Saddam palace on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's deputy justice minister says U.S. authorities have handed over 55 members of Saddam Hussein's former regime, including the longtime binternational/b face of the regime, Tariq Aziz. (AP Photo/Karen Ballard/Pool, File)AP - The U.S. military has handed over Tariq Aziz and dozens of other members of Saddam Hussein’s inner circle to Iraqi authorities who will assume control Thursday of the…

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