Iraq Returns To Civil War? Al Qaeda Group Claims Abu Ghraib Prison Attack -- NBC
Al Qaeda-linked militants have claimed responsibility for Monday’s assault on Iraq’s Abu Ghraib jail, which freed some of the terror network's top leaders amid U.S. fears that the country is back in civil war.
Checkpoints were set up Tuesday as the search continued for up to 500 militants freed by the attack, which followed the deaths of 250 Iraqis in 10 days of violence.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which was formed earlier this year through a merger between al Qaeda's affiliates in Syria and Iraq, said in a statement that it was behind the storming of the jail late on Sunday night.
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More News On The Growing Violence In Iraq
Iraq jailbreak 'could lead to war' -- BBC
Why Iraq Is On The Brink Of Civil War -- Geoffrey Ingersoll, Business Insider
700 killed in sectarian violence in Iraq so far in July -- Euronews
Brazen Attacks at Prisons Raise Worries of Al Qaeda’s Strength in Iraq -- New York Times
Al-Qaeda claims deadly prison raids in Iraq -- Washington Post
Al Qaeda claims Iraq prison breaks; 40 dead, hundreds freed -- Express Tribune/AFP
Al-Qaeda claims attacks on Iraqi prisons -- Al Qaeda
Iraq attacks leave 14 dead as country grapples with growing wave of violence -- New York Daily News/AP
Gunmen shoot dead nine policemen in northern Iraq -- Reuters
Iraq shooting: Nine policemen killed near Mosul -- BBC
Militants kill 15 Iraqi police and soldiers -- New Straits Times
Al-Qaeda is thriving amid the chaos of Iraq -- The Telegraph
Al Qaeda's Prison Attack Indicates Bleak Prospects for Iraq's Stability -- Colin Wolfgang, Huffington Post
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