BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq on Wednesday started releasing 592 detainees under an initiative by Iraq's prime minister to foster national reconciliation.[/b]
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They were the first group of 2,500 detainees to be released. The program is designed to placate Sunni factions and counter sectarian strife.
Many of those in prison -- estimated at more than 28,000 -- are believed to be held on suspicion of involvement in a Sunni-Arab rebellion against the U.S.-backed, Shiite-led government, according to Reuters.
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Iraq begins releasing 592 prisoners
