Eleven prisoners, all suspected members of Al Qaeda, and six policemen were killed on the night of Saturday, May 7 through Sunday 8 to Baghdad after a riot in a prison caused by man accused of masterminding a massacre in October a church in the capital. The shooting occurred when security forces feared a resurgence of activity of the Iraqi branch of the Islamist after the death of its leader, Osama bin Laden.
The mutiny, which lasted several hours in a detention center for counterterrorism unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, killed four officers in particular, said General Atta, spokesman Operations Command Baghdad. "This incident was well prepared," he said at a news conference. "The criminals were all prominent members of the Islamic State in Iraq (the Iraqi branch of Al-Qaeda).
The Prime Minister ordered the creation of a commission of inquiry." The mutiny was caused by al-Houthaifa Bataoui, accused in particular of having coordinated the bloody attack of the Syriac Catholic cathedral in Baghdad October 31, 2010, in which 46 worshipers and seven members of the security forces had died.
Upon his arrest in November with 11 other suspected members of Al Qaeda, it had been presented by the authorities as the leader to Baghdad of the Islamic State in Iraq. Saturday around 22 pm local time, Mr. Bataoui managed to grab the weapon of a lieutenant who took him for questioning.
He killed that officer and released several other persons arrested in November. The mutineers were then shot and killed a general and several other officers. Four of them then tried to flee but were killed by security forces reinforcements who arrived on site. The others are holed up in prison, until the last mutineer died.
"Their case was dismissed on April 24 in court but yesterday, General Moayed asked what Bataoui be questioned about a new deal," said General Atta. The detention center housed 220 prisoners, including 38 suspected members of Al Qaeda. This mutiny is likely to pose again the question of the ability of Iraqi forces to provide security at least eight months of the departure of U.S.
forces, which are still 45,000 troops in Iraq. 
The mutiny, which lasted several hours in a detention center for counterterrorism unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, killed four officers in particular, said General Atta, spokesman Operations Command Baghdad. "This incident was well prepared," he said at a news conference. "The criminals were all prominent members of the Islamic State in Iraq (the Iraqi branch of Al-Qaeda).
The Prime Minister ordered the creation of a commission of inquiry." The mutiny was caused by al-Houthaifa Bataoui, accused in particular of having coordinated the bloody attack of the Syriac Catholic cathedral in Baghdad October 31, 2010, in which 46 worshipers and seven members of the security forces had died.
Upon his arrest in November with 11 other suspected members of Al Qaeda, it had been presented by the authorities as the leader to Baghdad of the Islamic State in Iraq. Saturday around 22 pm local time, Mr. Bataoui managed to grab the weapon of a lieutenant who took him for questioning.
He killed that officer and released several other persons arrested in November. The mutineers were then shot and killed a general and several other officers. Four of them then tried to flee but were killed by security forces reinforcements who arrived on site. The others are holed up in prison, until the last mutineer died.
"Their case was dismissed on April 24 in court but yesterday, General Moayed asked what Bataoui be questioned about a new deal," said General Atta. The detention center housed 220 prisoners, including 38 suspected members of Al Qaeda. This mutiny is likely to pose again the question of the ability of Iraqi forces to provide security at least eight months of the departure of U.S.
forces, which are still 45,000 troops in Iraq.
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