The US military announced early today that 12 Iraqi prisoners and four US prison guards were wounded when inmates rioted at Camp Bucca last week, torching tents and hurling rocks in Iraq's largest US-run detention centre.
The riot at the desert camp in southern Iraq, where more than 6000 prisoners are held, was first reported by radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's movement, and was confirmed by the ICRC.[...]
Sadr follower Saheb al-Ameri, secretary general of the Shahidallah charitable organisation, said the unrest was provoked by the refusal of prison authorities to give medical treatment to a detainee who had fallen sick and who was a member of the Sadr movement.
Other inmates became violent and US soldiers then fired rubber bullets and beat some prisoners, wounding 70 to 100 of them, he said, adding that since the riot, inmates have had no water or electricity.[...]
Meanwhile, an Iraqi general was kidnapped in Baghdad and the US military announced the deaths of four of its troops [...]
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In other violence, the general commanding the Iraqi interior ministry's 1600-strong armoured brigade was kidnapped in Baghdad today as a pair of bombs ripped the capital, killing a civilian and wounding six others, security sources said.
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A US soldier died in a bomb blast in southern Baghdad, the US army said.
Two US soldiers and one Iraqi soldier were killed yesterday in an intense firefight with rebels northeast of Baghdad, the military said.[...]
The US military also said a marine was killed in action in the western province of Al-Anbar yesterday.
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Yes, there is still a war in Iraq
But we are not reporting it.
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