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July 12, 2004
Release Number: 04-07-27
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INSURGENTS ATTACK ABU GHRAIB DETENTION FACILITY
ABU GHRAIB, Iraq - Anti-Iraqi insurgents launched a mortar attack Sunday night on the Baghdad Central Corrections Facility at Abu Ghraib, where Multi-National Forces hold over 2,300 Iraqis for participating in or directly supporting activities threatening the security of Iraqi and Multi-National Forces.
One injury resulted from the attack.
The attack was the sixth by insurgents on the facility since a mortar attack on 20 April left 22 Iraqi detainees dead and over 100 injured, including five other mortar attacks and one RPG attack.
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