[Onthebarricades] IRAQ: Prison uprising near Mosul

[Andy]

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/08/ap_IraqPrisonRiot070804/

Inmate killed in northern Iraq prison riot



Posted : Saturday Aug 4, 2007 17:59:22 EDT
   
BAGHDAD - A prison riot erupted in northern Iraq, but the situation was brought under control on Saturday, the U.S. military said. One prisoner was killed while trying to escape.

The melee broke out late Thursday after American troops had surrounded the Badoosh prison complex outside Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, as Iraqi guards prepared to move inmates into the isolation unit before they were to be transferred.

Iraqi guards killed one inmate who was trying to escape from the prison yard and wounded two others inside the prison, the U.S. military said in a statement.

The riot involved nearly 65 inmates and was brought under control by 1 a.m. Saturday, according to a statement.

"Conditions have returned to normal at the prison and all prisoners are accounted for and secured," it said. "Internal damages to the cell-block area are still being assessed."

The U.S. military said American troops did not fire any rounds during the disturbance and no U.S. or Iraqi troops were wounded.

The Badoosh prison is known for a poor security record. Gunmen stormed the complex in March and freed about 150 inmates, although most were recaptured afterward. The Islamic State of Iraq, an al-Qaida in Iraq front group, claimed responsibility for that attack.

Last December, a nephew of Saddam Hussein serving a life sentence for financing insurgents escaped from the same prison with the help of a police officer, authorities said. Ayman Sabawi remains at large.
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