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| Riot at a prison north of Cairo, escape of thousands of prisoners |
| 2011-01-31 |
 [Ennahar] Thousands of prisoners have beat feet from the prison of Wadi Natron, 100 km north of Cairo, said Sunday a source in the security services on the 6th day of a revolt against the regime of geriatric President Hosni Mubarak .Thousands of prisoners, including a large number of Islamist prisoners nabbed for several years, as well as common law prisoners, beat feet in the night after a riot during which they seized weapons from the prison guards, the source said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Let them go back to Gaza and the military, both Egyptian and Israeli, quarantine this insane piece of real estate. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2011-01-31 20:07 |
| #6 Hamas has stated 2 of 8 escaped prisoners have arrived in Gaza via tunnels, with the other six on their way. Follow their trail and take out the entire nest of vermin while yer at it.... |
| Posted by: Gerthudion Unump7993 2011-01-31 09:44 |
| #5 phil_b if so, how much precision is there in the 3,000 that escaped? |
| Posted by: Bernardz 2011-01-31 07:43 |
| #4 3000 is probably Arab precision. Adjust for the exagerration factor and they found half a dozen. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2011-01-31 06:15 |
| #3 Roughly 3000 escaped prisoners have repor been re-captured or re-arrested by Egyptian security forces. If true, things are a lot better for the regime than they appear. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-01-31 04:48 |
| #2 All over both FOX + CNN Last Nite + this AM. NET = Roughly 3000 escaped prisoners have repor been re-captured or re-arrested by Egyptian security forces.. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-01-31 01:55 |
| #1 Stoke chaos, then come back by promising to control it. Whoever takes advantage of this better, either Mubarak or the Muslim Brotherhood, may well take over control of the country. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-01-31 01:53 |