BAGHDAD, August 02, SPA -- The U.S. military says it has released moreThan 10,000 detainees in Iraq so far this year _ more thanIn all of 2007. The military said in a statement released Saturday that itis currently holding about 21,000 detainees in Iraq. Themilitary says more than 8,900 people were released fromdetention last year, according to a report of the Associated Press. The United States wants to gradually end its running ofprisons in Iraq and transfer detainees to Iraqi control.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/578776