30 detainees freed in Heit

Heit-Arresting ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: A total of 30 detainees were released on Thursday from the U.S.-run Bucca detention center, a police source said. “U.S. forces released today in Heit city 30 Iraqi detainees from the Bucca detention center after they were proved not guilty of involvement in any crime,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “They were handed over to their families,” he added. pointing out that other batches of detainees will be released in the coming days. Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, lies 110 km west of Baghdad. Anbar is the largest province in Iraq geographically. Encompassing much of the country’s western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Anbar is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim Arab. Anbar’s main cities are Falluja, the capital Ramadi, Haditha, Hit, Aana and Rutba. The name of the province translates “granaries,” as this region was the primary entrepôt on the western borders of Lakhmid Kingdom. The province was known as Dulaim until 1962 when it was changed to Ramadi. In 1976 it was renamed al-Anbar. SH (S)/SR 1