Iraq releases 590 Egyptian prisoners

Originally published March 14, 1998

Dr. Nabil Negm, the Iraqi permanent deputy to the Arab League, stated that about 590 Egyptian prisoners had been released from Iraqi prisons through last Tuesday, in response to the demand of Esmat Abdel Meguid, secretary-general of the Arab League, to release Arab detainees in Iraqi prisons.

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