Iraq - Eleven prisoners escaped from the US-run Camp Bucca in southern Iraq by climbing through a hole in the outside fence. Ten were recaptured quickly, but one is still free. In the past month there was at least one riot and a mass jailbreak was thwarted when US authorities discovered a tunnel dug by prisoners. Conditions at the facility are said to be poor and the Red Cross has called for an investigation after allegations of prisoners being denied medical treatment.
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Iraq - Eleven prisoners escaped from the US-run Camp Bucca in southern Iraq by climbing through a hole in the outside fence. Ten were recaptured quickly, but one is still free. In the past month there was at least one riot and a mass jailbreak was thwarted when US authorities discovered a tunnel dug by prisoners. Conditions at the facility are said to be poor and the Red Cross has called for an investigation after allegations of prisoners being denied medical treatment.