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| Iraq recaptures 42 escapees |
| 2007-03-09 |
| Iraqi forces have recaptured 42 of the 140 prisoners who escaped when al-Qaeda militants stormed a jail outside the northern city of Mosul, said security officials on Thursday. Brigadier-General Mohammed al-Wagaa, who runs the Mosul police operations room, said the fugitives had been rounded up in various regions of the city since Tuesday's brazen attack by heavily-armed insurgents. Hasham al-Hamadani, the chairperson of Nineveh province's security committee, confirmed the figure and denied reports that two of executed dictator Saddam Hussein's nephews were among those who had escaped. "They have never been in Badush Prison," he said. A large force of militants from the "Islamic State of Iraq" - an al-Qaeda led umbrella group for Sunni insurgent factions - assaulted Badush jail and busted out between 140 and 150 detainees. Iraqi guards called in support from US forces, who helped regain control of the prison, but not before the escapees had managed to scatter. At the start of the year, Badush Prison was holding 1 200 of the most-dangerous prisoners in Iraq, including 100 foreign extremist fighters, some of whom were known to be among the fugitives. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 when the hell they gonna learn too kill instead of capture? |
| Posted by: sinse 2007-03-09 13:48 |