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24 Iranian Prisoners Escape From Iraq Prison
 One presumes with inside help.BAGHDAD - Twenty-four Iranians being held in an Iraqi prison near the border with Iran succeeded in escaping Saturday night, the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) reported Sunday. VOI cited a security source in Wasit province, 180 kilometres south-east of Baghdad, as reporting the prison escape, and said that police had managed to recapture four of them. These police will have their pay docked for failing to follow the plan. The source, who declined to be identified, told VOI the 24 Iranians had broken through the prisons main gate to make their escape. The report said a search for the escaped prisoners was underway and a state of siege declared in the area of Badra, 80 kilometres east of the Wasit capital of Kut. The Iranian escapees were all being held for allegedly having entered the country illegally. Posted by: Glenmore 2007-07-16 |
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