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BAGHDAD, Dec 31 (KUNA) -- Former detainees of the Boca prison in Basra were
lured by the Qaeda network in Iraq to launch attacks north of the country,
said an Interior Ministry source on Thursday.
Interior Ministry official Major-General Ahmad Abu-Ragif told the press
that three of the convicted individuals charged of mastermind the Tazah town
attack in Iraq last June had been in the Boca prison before being recruited by
Qaeda.
The three individuals would not face death after sentenced by the Iraqi
judicial system.
The pardon decree approved by the parliament had witnessed some criticism
recently due to the fact that some of the released detainees were involved in
terrorist operations within Iraq. (end)
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