230 people have been released from the Abu Ghraib prison in the west of Baghdad, bringing the total number of those released to 490 so far in 2005. A total of 9,000 prisoners were released in 2004.
A statement read: "A review board consisting of six Iraqi officials and three senior officers of the Multi-National Force determined that these individuals no longer pose a security threat." Currently, 7,100 are being held at Abu Ghraib and another.
Of those, 350 are said to be non-Iraqi nationals.