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| Al-Qaeda claims Abu Ghraib and Taji mass jailbreaks |
| 2013-07-24 |
| [BBC.CO.UK] Al-Qaeda has said it carried out two mass jailbreaks in Iraq, which freed hundreds of prisoners including big shots of the Islamist krazed killer 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 gunnies stormed the Abu Ghraib and Taji jails near Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... Abu Ghraib gained global notoriety in 2004 when images were released showing US guards abusing Iraqi detainees. Iraqi officials had previously tortured regime opponents in Abu Ghraib during Saddam Hussein's rule. On Tuesday, an al-Qaeda affiliate calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant said it carried out the attacks on the prisons. The group, which was formed of al-Qaeda groups in Iraq and Syria, said it had spent "months planning" the attacks on Abu Ghraib to the west of the capital and Taji to the north. The group also claimed some 500 faceless myrmidons were among the hundreds of prisoners who had escaped. 'Under control' Iraqi authorities initially denied any prisoners had escaped in the assaults, but later acknowledged "some" prisoners escaped. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 So-o-o not unlike East Asia + WESTPAC = WEST-OF-CENTPAC, US "sole" Superpower power-n-credibility in the post-911 GWOT may be "rolled back" into the Mediterranean Sea proper, where even ISRAEl is no longer certain of US support??? BACK TO THE FUTURE OF THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS + SIEGE OF SICILY??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-07-24 02:27 |