US frees more prisoners in Iraq
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The US frees about 230 of its prisoners at Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq in the second mass release this year.
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The United States has agreed to release three British residents held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and send them back to Britain, Foreign Secretary David Miliband confirmed on Thursday.
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The U.S. military has ordered three detainees at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay to be freed and 25 others to remain as secret hearings were held into the cases of more terror suspects.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers released two female Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity. But insurgents showed no sign of easing their blood-soaked campaign against the U.S...
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Aides to a top Shi&#39;ite cleric in Iraq say 18 captive Iraqi soldiers have been freed by kidnappers who had threatened to kill them.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers released two female Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for foreigners still in captivity. But insurgents showed no sign of easing their blood-soaked campaign against the U.S...
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U.S. authorities Thursday released two Guantanamo Bay detainees and sent them back to their native Kuwait, where supporters planned to welcome them at the airport.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two kidnapped Italian aid workers were freed Tuesday after three weeks of captivity in Iraq, and six other hostages in the country were also released. American forces bombed a suspected militant hide-out in Fallujah and the military claimed its frequent strikes have taken a toll on the network of Jordanian-born terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi...
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Three men released from US detention facility are expected to be freed by British police
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US commanders intend to use the increase of US troops in Iraq in more offensive operations.
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The US military has freed a top aide to rebel Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in a gesture that could help the interim government&#39;s efforts to calm rebel-held strongholds before elections due in January.
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More Aggressive U.S. military operations over the past two months have generated a surge in detainees.
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ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The US authorities have permitted the Afghan government to release Pakistani prisoners languishing in different jails for their alleged links with Taliban, a source in the interior ministry told Dawn on Sunday.
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Seven hostages, including two Italian aid workers, were released by two different groups yesterday. It was the second day in a row that foreign hostages were freed, raising hopes for at least 18 others still in captivity.
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The UN welcomes plans by the military government to free some 4,000 prisoners, including political detainees.
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British forces release two dozen Iraqi prisoners, though UK government denies doing deal with Mahdi army to stave off last-minute attacks in run-up to withdrawal from Basra.
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 -- Iraq's top five political leaders announced an agreement Sunday night to release thousands of prisoners being held without charge and to reform the law that has kept thousands of members of Saddam Hussein's political party out of government jobs.