21.   The releases came after President Saddam Hussein said in September he would free Arab nationals held in Iraqi jails.

22.   They escaped from Iraqi jails during an uprising in the south of the country after the Gulf war and had not been seen since, the message said.

23.   Two Americans who had spent four months in an Iraqi jail walked free on Sunday after President Saddam Hussein pardoned them during a visit here by a US congressman.

24.   They had spent four months in an Iraqi jail after being sentenced in March to eight years in prison.

25.   No other Romanians are left in Iraqi jail.