Hussein frees tens of thousands of prisoners 'American spies' are not among those granted amnesty 10/21/2002 The New York Times ABU GHRAIB, Iraq - Tens of thousands of Iraqi prisoners stormed out of their cells to freedom Sunday after President Saddam Hussein declared an amnesty that appeared to have all but emptied a sprawling, nationwide network of prisons that have served as the grim charnel houses of one of the world's harshest police states. At the Abu Ghraib prison 20 miles west of Baghdad, a sprawling compound on the desert floor that has become a notorious symbol of fear...