Prison Uprisings

4 Iraqi detainees killed, 6 injured

U.S. guards opened fire Monday on prisoners during a n uprising at the main detention facility for security detainees, killing four of them, the U.S. command said. Six other prisoners were injured.

The uprising broke out shortly after noon at the Camp Bucca internment facility near Umm Qasr in southern Iraqi government of Basrah after a routine search for contraband in one of the camp's 10 compounds, the command said in a statement.

"The riot quickly spread to three additional compounds, with detainees throwing rocks and fashioning weapons from materials inside their living areas."

"After about 45 minutes of escalating danger, lethal force was used to quell the violence," the statement added.

The statement said the uprising "resulted from both the use of force to control the situation and from violence by other detainees within the camp during the riot."

wait wait.
don't have any bad ideas about freedom or democracy, "The cause of the riot and use of lethal force is currently under investigation by the chain of command and the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigations Division, which is standard procedure whenever a detainee death occurs," the statement added.

Maybe they were just celebrating the historical elections.
Maybe they were crying out of joy and freedom..
Maybe they were happy because of the new bush statue in Baghdad...