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Iraq Jailbreaks: Hundreds Escape In Taji And Abu Ghraib

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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2013 · People & Blogs

Hundreds of inmates have escaped from two Iraqi prisons after gunmen stormed two jails near Baghdad. BBC reports.

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Al-Qaeda claims Abu Ghraib and Taji mass jailbreaks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23417029
"Al-Qaeda has said it carried out two mass jailbreaks in Iraq, which freed hundreds of prisoners including senior leaders of the Islamist militant group. In an online statement, al-Qaeda said Sunday's attack was the final one in a campaign aimed at freeing inmates. At least 20 security guards died when gunmen stormed the Abu Ghraib and Taji jails near Baghdad...."

Iraq jailbreaks: Hundreds escape in Taji and Abu Ghraib
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23403564
"Fighting raged for several hours after the jails - Abu Ghraib to the west of the capital and Taji to the north - came under attack. Mortar fire and suicide bombs were used to gain access to the jails, whose inmates include al-Qaeda prisoners. At least 20 members of the security forces were killed as they struggled to regain control. The Iraqi authorities initially said that the attackers had failed to free the prisoners in Taji and Abu Ghraib. They said security forces reacted quickly enough to seal the area and cut off any escape route. But it quickly emerged that they were wrong, as reports came out that at least 500 prisoners had indeed managed to escape. The government had to admit that "some" prisoners had escaped, without saying how many. In the past, several attacks on prisons have resulted in dozens of inmates being freed, as well as records and precious information about them being destroyed or stolen. In Mosul, too, the army took a painful hit, another reminder that the northern city remains one of the most dangerous for security forces in Iraq. It is not just Mosul, however, and not just the security forces that are suffering. Continuous waves of attacks across the country have exposed the government's chronic failure to secure the country. A senior Iraqi MP, Hakim Al-Zamili, said that about 500 prisoners had escaped from the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. Most of them were senior members of al-Qaeda who had been sentenced to death, he told Reuters news agency..."

Iraq Jailbreaks: Hundreds Escape In Taji And Abu Ghraib

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