US transfers last prison under its control to Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) - The United States handed over the last detention facility under its control to Iraqi authorities today, a milestone in Iraq’s push for complete sovereignty seven years after the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein. Iraq’s assumption of control over the base near the international airport on the southwestern outskirts of Baghdad also marks the end of a troubling chapter in the U.S. presence in the country - one defined for years by the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. With the handover, Iraq has now taken control of the last of three such prisons controlled by U.S. forces.