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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.
Between 500 to 1,000 prisoners have escaped as a result of the attack, “most of them were convicted senior members of al Qaeda and had received death sentences," said Hakim Zamili, a senior member of the security and defense committee in parliament.
Jihadist accounts on Twitter claimed that not 500, but thousands of prisoners had escaped from the detention facility. A number of users also posted similar claims on the Honein jihadist forum, AFP news agency reports.
“The first priority in this is releasing Muslim prisoners everywhere, and chasing and eliminating judges and investigators and their guards,” said an audio message attributed to the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in July 2012.
Nearly 600 people have been killed in militant attacks across Iraq so far this month, according to the monitoring group Iraq Body Count.
Originally posted by playernumber13
I would avoid any large gatherings in the next few months.
edit on 22-7-2013 by playernumber13 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by scoobyrob
Originally posted by playernumber13
I would avoid any large gatherings in the next few months.
edit on 22-7-2013 by playernumber13 because: (no reason given)
right, So inmates escaped prison in Iraq..
and now we should all avoid large gatherings in Europe and the US.
call me whatever but that is just pure fear mongering. how on earth did you think of that one?
I would imagine I'd have more of a chance of getting struck by lightning, twice, in the same day, by the same storm, sitting on the toilet.... than be targeted by those escaped convicts.
I'm sorry if I insult you but I cant see any way of this happening and that statement is pure BS and blatant fear mongering.
Sorry....
Originally posted by playernumber13
I bet many of these guys are heading to Syria maybe Egypt and even Europe. Get ready for more terror attacks against the west in the coming months.