ABU GHRAIB, Iraq - After months at Abu Ghraib prison, Hussein Sami did not complain of physical abuse upon his release. But Sami - among 293 detainees freed Friday - said guards shouted at and insulted inmates, and the prison was unsafe because insurgents target it with mortar rounds.
The release came a day after a surprise visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, who recommended decreasing the prisoner population. Abuses of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib - notorious as the site of executions and torture during Saddam Hussein's regime - have caused a major scandal and damaged the credibility of the U.S.-led coalition.
Some of those freed Friday wept and waved to friends and relatives waiting outside. One bus carrying 40 prisoners left the jail and drove to an American military base in west Baghdad, where tribal leaders awaited them. One by one, prisoners got out, kneeled, and prayed beside the bus. Then the bus departed, bound for other Baghdad neighborhoods.
http://www.optonline.net/Article/Feeds?CID=channel%3D32%26article%3D11212890I guess we now see why Berg had to die.
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