BAGHDAD- At least 18 American soldiers and 13 prisoners were wounded in an attack that targetted Abu Ghuraib prison on Saturday, the Multi-National Forces said. - The Multi-National Forces said in a statement that the prison was targetted by a group of gunmen, who first, set off explosives laden in two vehicles, before lobbing mortars into the compound of the prison.
The statement said the forces guarding the prison repelled the attack, carried out by dozens of gunmen, on Abu Ghuraib prison, at 7 p.m. (local time), adding the attack lasted for one hour.
A number of insurgents are held in the prison.