Iraq Prison Escape

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  Islamic State Claim 'Bloody' Prison Break in Iraq, 40 Inmates Escape

  Dozens of people were killed and 40 inmates escaped in a bloody prison break north of the Iraqi capital for which the Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility on Saturday.

• At least 500 escape in deadly assaults on Iraq prisons

  Militants attacked two Iraqi prisons, including notorious Abu Ghraib, with mortars, bombs and gunfire, freeing at least 500 inmates in assaults that cost more than 40 lives, officials said on Monday.

• Al Qaeda convicts flee in Iraq jailbreak

  Dozens of prisoners, including convicted Al Qaeda members, escaped an Iraqi jail after militants dressed in police uniform attacked the prison and released them, security sources said on Friday.

• 13 policemen killed, 83 inmates freed after gunmen attack prison in Iraq

  Clashes killed at least 13 policemen at a prison in the Iraqi city of Tikrit that was seized by militants but has since been retaken by security forces, officials said on Friday. At least 83 prisoners were able to escape during the unrest, the officials said.

• 'Surprise' as Iraq inmates dig 80 metres to escape

  Eleven inmates in north Iraq dug an 80-metre (260-foot) underground tunnel without the authorities' knowledge and escaped to freedom on Saturday, the "surprised" prison's governor said.

• 17 Al Qaeda-linked militants die in attempted Iraq prison break

  The man accused of masterminding an attack on a Baghdad church last year wrestled a gun from a guard at a detention facility, freed his comrades and launched an hours-long assault that ended with 17 people dead, including a top counterterrorism officer, officials and witnesses said.Abu Huthaifa al-Battawi, the man accused by authorities of plotting...