The New York Times
| 8 months ago
September 27, 2012 Militants attacked a prison in Tikrit on Thursday, freeing dozens of inmates and clashing with guards, security officials and a witness said. The prison, which housed several hundred inmates, many of whom are suspected of links...
Zee News
| 8 months ago
More than 200 prisoners escaped from an Iraqi jail housing Al Qaeda men after dozens of inmates seized weapons from guards Thursday and killed five policemen, said security officials. The incident occurred in Tikrit city, 170 km north of the capital...
The Daily Telegraph
| 8 months ago
The assault comes after al-Qaeda's Iraqi front group announced a campaign to regain territory and said it aimed to help its jailed members escape. "The attackers are controlling all the (entrances and exits) and the observation towers, and ...
NOW Lebanon
| 8 months ago
Militants assaulted a prison in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Thursday night, battling guards, police officers and witnesses said. "A suicide bomber targeted the gate of the prison with a car bomb and gunmen then assaulted the prison, after which they...
