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| Senior Iraq Police Officers Jailed over Prison Breaks |
| 2014-02-20 |
| [An Nahar] Iraq's Central Criminal Court sentenced six high-ranking coppers to five years in jail in connection with the escape of hundreds of inmates last year, a statement said on Wednesday. The commander of the 4th Division of the federal police and its chief of staff were among those jugged Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! for five years, the Higher Judicial Council said in the emailed statement. And "a number of security and intelligence personnel from the division" received one-year sentences, it added. Militants carried out well-coordinated assaults last July on Abu Ghraib prison, west of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... , and Taji prison, north of the capital, with disastrous consequences. Officials said more than 500 inmates escaped and over 50 prisoners and members of the security forces were killed in the violence, which was claimed by powerful jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... The assaults and jailbreaks highlighted the growing reach of snuffies and the worsening security situation. |
| Posted by:Fred |