Defense

Prisoners Escape

Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail after comrades launched a military-style assault, authorities sa...

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July 23, 2013 10:36 am

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Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib jail after comrades launched a military-style assault, authorities said on Monday. Reuters reports ten policemen and four militants were killed in the clashes. Suicide bombers reportedly drove cars packed with explosives to the gates of the prison on the outskirts of Baghdad on Sunday night and blasted their way into the compound, while gunmen attacked guards with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.