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4 Insurgents Escape in Iraqi Jail Riot

4 likely al-Qaeda in Iraq members escape

By the Associated Press

Posted Dec 26, 2008 8:01 AM CST
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(AP) – Four prisoners who belong to the insurgent group Al-Qaeda in Iraq broke out of jail during a riot today that killed six police officers and seven prisoners in the western city of Ramadi, police said. Authorities have imposed a curfew on the city, the capital of Anbar province, as they search for the escapees.

The incident started when a prisoner held in a cell with 11 others asked a guard to allow him to go to the bathroom, the chief said. When the guard opened the cell door, the prisoners pulled him in, grabbed his assault rifle and killed him, then attacked other police. Some of the detainees managed to escape in the ensuing riot.

The U.S. military handed over control of the once brutally violent Anbar province to Iraqi forces, but American officials warned that the struggle against insurgents was not over in the region.
The U.S. military handed over control of the once brutally violent Anbar province to Iraqi forces, but American officials warned that the struggle against insurgents was not over in the region.   (AP Photo)
In this 2007 file photo, a U.S. marine watches children play in Ramadi, in Iraq's Anbar province.
In this 2007 file photo, a U.S. marine watches children play in Ramadi, in Iraq's Anbar province.   (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)
Detainees are seen through the door of their cell at the U.S. detention facility at Camp Cropper in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008.
Detainees are seen through the door of their cell at the U.S. detention facility at Camp Cropper in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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Shannonals
Dec 27, 2008 3:49 AM CST
Wait, these men were already confirmed to have been involved with Al-Qaeda weeks ago, so why were they imprisioned vice just shot?

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