New York Times | The Editorial Board | July 29, 2013 - Jailbreaks are common in Iraq, but the brazen assaults on the prisons at Abu Ghraib and Taji last week are in a class by themselves. The attacks freed perhaps as many as 800 militants, who are now sought by Interpol as a “major threat” to global security. The attacks showed the fearsome and growing strength of Al Qaeda in Iraq, seemingly on the decline only a few years ago. They also raised new questions about the effectiveness of Iraq’s authoritarian prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, as well as the stability of Iraq itself.
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July 31, 2013
Attacks at Prisons Raise Worries of al-Qaeda’s Strength in Iraq
Michael R. Gordon and Duraid Adnan | The Globe and Mail | Last updated Wednesday, Jul. 24 2013, 8:39 PM EDT | WASHINGTON — The brazen assaults on two prisons in Iraq this week were significant not only for the hundreds of prisoners who were freed but also for what they indicate about the growing capabilities of al-Qaeda’s Iraq affiliate, U.S. officials and experts outside government said on Tuesday.
The attacks on the prisons at Abu Ghraib and Taji were carefully synchronized operations in which members of the al-Qaeda affiliate used mortars to pin down Iraqi forces, employed suicide bombers to punch holes in their defences and then sent an assault force to free the prison’s inmates, Western experts said.
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The attacks on the prisons at Abu Ghraib and Taji were carefully synchronized operations in which members of the al-Qaeda affiliate used mortars to pin down Iraqi forces, employed suicide bombers to punch holes in their defences and then sent an assault force to free the prison’s inmates, Western experts said.
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