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Iraq prison break a bad sign of things to come - NBCNews.com (blog) Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:21:50 GMT

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Iraq prison break a bad sign of things to come NBCNews.com (blog) Al Qaeda linked militants in Iraq staged an assault on Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison freeing hundreds of militants from their cells. NBC's Richard Engel reports. By Richard Engel, Chief Foreign Correspondent, NBC News. Al Qaeda's brazen prison ... Brazen Attacks at Prisons Raise Worries of Al Qaeda's Strength in IraqNew York Times Al-Qaeda branch in Iraq claims jailbreakWashington Post Al Qaeda says it freed 500 inmates in Iraq jail-breakReuters Fox News -CNN International all 398 news articles »

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Iraq returns to civil war? Al Qaeda group claims Abu Ghraib prison attack - NBCNews.com (blog) Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:34:03 GMT

Iraq returns to civil war? Al Qaeda group claims Abu Ghraib prison attack NBCNews.com (blog) Al Qaeda-linked militants have claimed responsibility for Monday's assault on Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail, which freed some of the terror network's top leaders amid U.S. fears that the country is back in civil war. Checkpoints were set up Tuesday as the ...

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Why Iraq Was America's Best-Run War - by John Arquilla - Foreign Policy (blog) Tue, 23 Jul 2013 23:21:15 GMT

Why Iraq Was America's Best-Run War - by John Arquilla Foreign Policy (blog) It is an axiom that generals tend to fight the last war, but the truth is that, as often as not, they would like to forget the last war. Witness Vietnam, in the wake of which it took more than three decades for a new counterinsurgency manual to be ...

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July deadliest month of 2013 for Iraq - Fox News Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:02:32 GMT

July deadliest month of 2013 for Iraq Fox News The violence came as Al-Qaeda front group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed brazen assaults on two prisons in Iraq that killed over 40 people and saw hundreds of inmates, including senior militants, escape. Iraq has faced years of ...

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Al-Qaida claims deadly prison raids in Iraq - Yahoo! News Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:09:18 GMT

Al-Qaida claims deadly prison raids in Iraq Yahoo! News BAGHDAD (AP) — Al-Qaida's branch in Iraq claimed responsibility Tuesday for audacious raids on two high-security prisons on the outskirts of Baghdad this week that killed dozens and set free hundreds of inmates, including some of its followers.

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Al Qaeda prison break: Hundreds of militants flee Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib jail - NBCNews.com (blog) Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:46:55 GMT

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Al Qaeda prison break: Hundreds of militants flee Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib jail NBCNews.com (blog) BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq -- Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said on Monday. The deadly raid on the high-security jail ...

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Al Qaeda in Iraq Claims Responsibility for Prison Attacks - Wall Street Journal Tue, 23 Jul 2013 21:06:37 GMT

Al Qaeda in Iraq Claims Responsibility for Prison Attacks Wall Street Journal The statement issued in the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the al Qaeda affiliate in Iraq, was posted on an online jihadist forum. It said months of planning went into the highly coordinated assaults on the prisons in Abu Ghraib and ...

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Over 500 'Al-Qaeda militants' escape Iraq's Abu Ghraib in violent break-out - RT (blog) Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:03:12 GMT

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Over 500 'Al-Qaeda militants' escape Iraq's Abu Ghraib in violent break-out RT (blog) A manhunt is underway in Iraq for hundreds of convicts, including senior Al-Qaeda terrorists, who broke out of Abu Ghraib prison after a military-style raid to free them, authorities said on Monday. The militant Islamist organization has claimed ...

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Iraq prison breakout symptomatic of post-2003 military insufficiency - RT (blog) Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:14:30 GMT

RT (blog)

Iraq prison breakout symptomatic of post-2003 military insufficiency RT (blog) The absence of real military and intelligence institutions in Iraq following the US occupation of the country has nurtured an atmosphere of insecurity and lawlessness that helped facilitate the prison breakout, political analyst Najim Al-Qassab told RT ...

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Al-Qaida claims Iraq prison raids which freed hundreds of inmates - The Guardian Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:31:15 GMT

Al-Qaida claims Iraq prison raids which freed hundreds of inmates The Guardian Al-Qaida in Iraq has claimed responsibility for deadly raids this week on Abu Ghraib and Taji prisons which freed hundreds of prisoners, including some of its followers. The statement, issued in the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, was ...