BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday which could free thousands of prisoners, one of main demands of Sunni Arab politicians boycotting the Shi'ite-led government in Baghdad.
U.S. forces and Iraqi authorities each hold about 25,000 prisoners, many from the Sunni Arab community behind an insurgency against the American-backed government after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
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