Inmates in Basra attack guards with grenades – source

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Four prison guards in Basra were wounded when some inmates attacked them with hand-grenades on Friday, according to a local security source in the province. “One of the guards is seriously injured before security forces wielded control over the situation by throwing tear gas canisters on the assailants in al-Maaqal jail,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The wounded guards and prisoners were taken to a hospital for treatment,” he added. Some of the inmates in al-Maaqal belong to armed groups who had been arrested in search raids within the framework of the Saulat al-Forsan (Charge of the Knights) security plan. Imprisoned members of the Sadrist Movement, or Iraqis loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, had gone on a strike three weeks ago to protest “mistreatment,” according to a source from the movement. AmR (P) 3