16 Qaeda prisoners escape from Iraqi jail.Summary: Sixteen al-Qaeda members, including five who have been sentenced to death, escaped during the night from a prison in the heart of Tikrit in central Iraq, a security official said on Thursday. Sixteen al-Qaeda members, including five who have been sentenced to death, escaped during the night from a prison in the heart of Tikrit in central Iraq, a security official said on Thursday. The group managed to remove the windows from a prison bathroom, crawled through the opening and scaled a ladder to climb over the prison wall, the official said. "Sixteen prisoners from al-Qaeda managed to escape from one of the prisons in the centre of Tikrit," said the official, who declined to be identified as he is not permitted to speak to the media. One of the fugitives was recaptured on Thursday morning but the remainder are still at large, he added. Moamer Abdel Salam Mehdi was detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: 15 kilometers (nine miles Nine Miles is a reggae "band" started by Yoshiaki Manabe (真鍋吉明) of The Pillows. The name Nine Miles comes from the name of the town in which Bob Marley grew up in Jamaica.
The prisoners had been transferred to the prison, which is run by the interior ministry, earlier on Wednesday evening, a police source said. Iraq's prison system divides responsibility between the ministries of justice, interior and defense, with various detention facilities run by each of the three. Prison assistance A senior official in Salaheddin province's security operations command told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. that the escapees had probably received assistance from officials within the province's prison system. "It is clear there was cooperation with specific groups that helped them escape. Probably one of the officials helped them," said the official, who declined to be named. In the aftermath of the escape, the head of the province's police anti-terror forces, Colonel Mohammed Salah al-Juburi, was fired by the provincial police chief, a police source said. Curfew curfew [O.Fr.,=cover fire], originally a signal, such as the ringing of a bell, to damp the fire, extinguish all lights in the dwelling, and retire for the night. The custom originated as a precaution against fires and was common throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. imposed Iraqi authorities imposed a vehicle ban and a curfew in Tikrit. Police officials said security forces were scouring scouring characterized by scour. scouring disease a colloquial name for secondary nutritional copper deficiency. the city of 150 kilometers (95 miles) north of Baghdad, for the fugitive prisoners. Iraq's overburdened o·ver·bur·den tr.v. o·ver·bur·dened, o·ver·bur·den·ing, o·ver·bur·dens 1. To burden with too much weight; overload. 2. To subject to an excessive burden or strain; overtax. n. 1. prison system, known as fertile ground for insurgent INSURGENT. One who is concerned in an insurrection. He differs from a rebel in this, that rebel is always understood in a bad sense, or one who unjustly opposes the constituted authorities; insurgent may be one who justly opposes the tyranny of constituted authorities. recruitment, is facing a new challenge as American forces hand over detainees they have held for years in Iraq. A predominantly Sunni Arab town 180 kilometers (110 miles) north of Baghdad Tikrit was the hometown of now executed dictator Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (born April 28, 1937, Tikrit, Iraq—died Dec. 30, 2006, Baghdad) President of Iraq (1979–2003). He joined the Ba'th Party in 1957. Following participation in a failed attempt to assassinate Iraqi Pres. and many of his henchmen. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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