http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=focusoniraq&xfile=data/focusoniraq/2006/December/focusoniraq_December134.xmlTwo detainees escape from US-run jail in Iraq
(AFP)
26 December 2006
BAGHDAD - Two detainees managed to escape from a US-run detention facility in southern Iraq on Christmas Eve, a US military spokesman confirmed on Tuesday.
“What we’re looking at is two detainees who escaped at Camp Bucca on December 24th,” said Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Curry.
The escape was an “isolated incident” and “all other detainees have been accounted for,” said Curry, declining to give any details about the escape or the identity of the two detainees who got away.
Approximately 10,000 detainees are being held at Camp Bucca, located near Umm Qasr in the extreme south of Iraq.