Jail Break....

[Zam-Zam]

....at Abu Ghraib:

Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out


(Reuters) - Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said on Monday.


The deadly raid on the high-security jail happened as Sunni Muslim militants are gaining momentum in their insurgency against the Shi'ite-led government that came to power after the U.S. invasion to oust Saddam Hussein.

Suicide bombers drove cars packed with explosives to the gates of the prison on the outskirts of Baghdad on Sunday night and blasted their way into the compound, while gunmen attacked guards with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.

Other militants took up positions near the main road, fighting off security reinforcements sent from Baghdad as several militants wearing suicide vests entered the prison on foot to help free the inmates.

Ten policemen and four militants were killed in the ensuing clashes, which continued until Monday morning, when military helicopters arrived, helping to regain control.

By that time, hundreds of inmates had succeeded in fleeing Abu Ghraib, the prison made notorious a decade ago by photographs showing abuse of prisoners by U.S. soldiers.

"The number of escaped inmates has reached 500, most of them were convicted senior members of al Qaeda and had received death sentences," Hakim Al-Zamili, a senior member of the security and defense committee in parliament, told Reuters.

"The security forces arrested some of them, but the rest are still free."

One security official told Reuters on condition of anonymity: "It's obviously a terrorist attack carried out by al Qaeda to free convicted terrorists with al Qaeda."

A simultaneous attack on another prison, in Taji, around 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, followed a similar pattern, but guards managed to prevent any inmates escaping. Sixteen soldiers and six militants were killed.


Complete text: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/22/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE96L0RM20130722



Obviously, this must have been caused by an offensive youtube video. Al Qaeda is on the run, after all.


“We focused on the terrorists and Al-Qaeda is on the run.” - President Obama


Oops.

 

[Figjam]

....at Abu Ghraib:

Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out

(Reuters) - Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said on Monday.

The deadly raid on the high-security jail happened as Sunni Muslim militants are gaining momentum in their insurgency against the Shi'ite-led government that came to power after the U.S. invasion to oust Saddam Hussein.

Suicide bombers drove cars packed with explosives to the gates of the prison on the outskirts of Baghdad on Sunday night and blasted their way into the compound, while gunmen attacked guards with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.

Other militants took up positions near the main road, fighting off security reinforcements sent from Baghdad as several militants wearing suicide vests entered the prison on foot to help free the inmates.

Ten policemen and four militants were killed in the ensuing clashes, which continued until Monday morning, when military helicopters arrived, helping to regain control.

By that time, hundreds of inmates had succeeded in fleeing Abu Ghraib, the prison made notorious a decade ago by photographs showing abuse of prisoners by U.S. soldiers.

"The number of escaped inmates has reached 500, most of them were convicted senior members of al Qaeda and had received death sentences," Hakim Al-Zamili, a senior member of the security and defense committee in parliament, told Reuters.

"The security forces arrested some of them, but the rest are still free."

One security official told Reuters on condition of anonymity: "It's obviously a terrorist attack carried out by al Qaeda to free convicted terrorists with al Qaeda."

A simultaneous attack on another prison, in Taji, around 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, followed a similar pattern, but guards managed to prevent any inmates escaping. Sixteen soldiers and six militants were killed.


Complete text: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/22/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE96L0RM20130722



Obviously, this must have been caused by an offensive youtube video. Al Qaeda is on the run, after all.


“We focused on the terrorists and Al-Qaeda is on the run.” - President Obama


Oops.

...who is responsible for killing OBL? Was it booosch? oh, wait, no - it was Obama -

 

[NinaS]

....at Abu Ghraib:

Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out

(Reuters) - Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said on Monday.

The deadly raid on the high-security jail happened as Sunni Muslim militants are gaining momentum in their insurgency against the Shi'ite-led government that came to power after the U.S. invasion to oust Saddam Hussein.

Suicide bombers drove cars packed with explosives to the gates of the prison on the outskirts of Baghdad on Sunday night and blasted their way into the compound, while gunmen attacked guards with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.

Other militants took up positions near the main road, fighting off security reinforcements sent from Baghdad as several militants wearing suicide vests entered the prison on foot to help free the inmates.

Ten policemen and four militants were killed in the ensuing clashes, which continued until Monday morning, when military helicopters arrived, helping to regain control.

By that time, hundreds of inmates had succeeded in fleeing Abu Ghraib, the prison made notorious a decade ago by photographs showing abuse of prisoners by U.S. soldiers.

"The number of escaped inmates has reached 500, most of them were convicted senior members of al Qaeda and had received death sentences," Hakim Al-Zamili, a senior member of the security and defense committee in parliament, told Reuters.

"The security forces arrested some of them, but the rest are still free."

One security official told Reuters on condition of anonymity: "It's obviously a terrorist attack carried out by al Qaeda to free convicted terrorists with al Qaeda."

A simultaneous attack on another prison, in Taji, around 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, followed a similar pattern, but guards managed to prevent any inmates escaping. Sixteen soldiers and six militants were killed.


Complete text: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/22/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE96L0RM20130722



Obviously, this must have been caused by an offensive youtube video. Al Qaeda is on the run, after all.


“We focused on the terrorists and Al-Qaeda is on the run.” - President Obama


Oops.

Al Qaeda?? They still exist? I thought Bush was going to smoke them all out. What happened? Surely his head wasn't turned by his lust to avenge his Daddy in Iraq.

 

[Zam-Zam]

Al Qaeda?? They still exist? I thought Bush was going to smoke them all out. What happened? Surely his head wasn't turned by his lust to avenge his Daddy in Iraq.

If you read the papers at all, you would know that President Obama was the one who declared that Al Qaeda was "On the run" and "decimated".

They appear to have recovered.

The following are all direct quotes from President Obama:


“A day after 9/11, we are reminded that a new tower rises above the New York skyline, but al Qaeda is on the path to defeat and bin Laden is dead,”


“Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq -- and we did. I said we’d wind down the war in Afghanistan -- and we are. And while a new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.”


“We’ve got choices about war and peace. I ended the war in Iraq, as I promised. We are transitioning out of Afghanistan. We have gone after the terrorists who actually attacked us 9/11 and decimated al Qaeda.”

“We’ve decimated al Qaeda’s top leadership in the border regions around Pakistan, but in Yemen, in Libya, in other of these places – increasingly in places like Syria – what you see is these elements that don’t have the same capacity that a bin Laden or core al Qaeda had, but can still cause a lot of damage, and we’ve got to make sure that we remain vigilant and are focused on preventing them from doing us any harm.”

“al Qaeda is on the path to defeat.”

“Al Qaeda has been weakened, and Osama bin Laden is no more.”

“al Qaeda is on the path to defeat.”

“We said that we would go after al Qaeda, and they are on the run and bin Laden is dead.”

“al Qaeda is on the run and Osama bin Laden is no more.”

, “I said we’d refocus on the terrorists who actually carried out the 9/11 attacks – and al Qaeda is decimated and Osama bin Laden is dead.”

 

[JackDallas]

....at Abu Ghraib:

Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out

(Reuters) - Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said on Monday.

The deadly raid on the high-security jail happened as Sunni Muslim militants are gaining momentum in their insurgency against the Shi'ite-led government that came to power after the U.S. invasion to oust Saddam Hussein.

Suicide bombers drove cars packed with explosives to the gates of the prison on the outskirts of Baghdad on Sunday night and blasted their way into the compound, while gunmen attacked guards with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.

Other militants took up positions near the main road, fighting off security reinforcements sent from Baghdad as several militants wearing suicide vests entered the prison on foot to help free the inmates.

Ten policemen and four militants were killed in the ensuing clashes, which continued until Monday morning, when military helicopters arrived, helping to regain control.

By that time, hundreds of inmates had succeeded in fleeing Abu Ghraib, the prison made notorious a decade ago by photographs showing abuse of prisoners by U.S. soldiers.

"The number of escaped inmates has reached 500, most of them were convicted senior members of al Qaeda and had received death sentences," Hakim Al-Zamili, a senior member of the security and defense committee in parliament, told Reuters.

"The security forces arrested some of them, but the rest are still free."

One security official told Reuters on condition of anonymity: "It's obviously a terrorist attack carried out by al Qaeda to free convicted terrorists with al Qaeda."

A simultaneous attack on another prison, in Taji, around 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, followed a similar pattern, but guards managed to prevent any inmates escaping. Sixteen soldiers and six militants were killed.


Complete text: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/22/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE96L0RM20130722



Obviously, this must have been caused by an offensive youtube video. Al Qaeda is on the run, after all.


“We focused on the terrorists and Al-Qaeda is on the run.” - President Obama


Oops.

Obama said that Al Qaeda is finished and we all know he wouldn't lie about something like that.

 

[NinaS]

Obama said that Al Qaeda is finished and we all know he wouldn't lie about something like that.

He didn't say "finished" Jack. And you know it. Decimated is a far cry from being "finished".

dec·i·mate (ds-mt)
tr.v. dec·i·mat·ed, dec·i·mat·ing, dec·i·mates
1. To destroy or kill a large part of (a group).
2. Usage Problem
a. To inflict great destruction or damage on: The fawns decimated my rose bushes.
b. To reduce markedly in amount: a profligate heir who decimated his trust fund.
3. To select by lot and kill one in every ten of.

 

[Corruptbuddha]

...who is responsible for killing OBL? Was it booosch? oh, wait, no - it was Obama -

No, it was the Navy Seals.

 

[Corruptbuddha]

Al Qaeda?? They still exist? I thought Bush was going to smoke them all out. What happened? Surely his head wasn't turned by his lust to avenge his Daddy in Iraq.

I thought Obama had said he'd 'decimated' the group and it's leaders? Oh, well...chalk up another lie by the Interventionist In Chief.

 

[NinaS]

I thought Obama had said he'd 'decimated' the group and it's leaders? Oh, well...chalk up another lie by the Interventionist In Chief.

dec·i·mate (ds-mt)
tr.v. dec·i·mat·ed, dec·i·mat·ing, dec·i·mates
1. To destroy or kill a large part of (a group).
2. Usage Problem
a. To inflict great destruction or damage on: The fawns decimated my rose bushes.
b. To reduce markedly in amount: a profligate heir who decimated his trust fund.
3. To select by lot and kill one in every ten of.

“We’ve decimated al Qaeda’s top leadership in the border regions around Pakistan, but in Yemen, in Libya, in other of these places – increasingly in places like Syria – what you see is these elements that don’t have the same capacity that a bin Laden or core al Qaeda had, but can still cause a lot of damage, and we’ve got to make sure that we remain vigilant and are focused on preventing them from doing us any harm.”

He has never indicated that all of al Qaeda has been killed. Decimated is not the same as completely destroyed. He said they don't have the same capacity that a bin Laden core al Qaeda had BUT CAN STILL CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE.

What he stated was obviously the truth. You people have been sitting around WAITING for something like this to happen so you could call him a liar...none of you obviously smart enough to know the difference between decimated and completely destroyed.

 

[Saladin2]

No, it was the Navy Seals.

Under orders from the President Dick Head

 

[Corruptbuddha]

dec·i·mate (ds-mt)
tr.v. dec·i·mat·ed, dec·i·mat·ing, dec·i·mates
1. To destroy or kill a large part of (a group).
2. Usage Problem
a. To inflict great destruction or damage on: The fawns decimated my rose bushes.
b. To reduce markedly in amount: a profligate heir who decimated his trust fund.
3. To select by lot and kill one in every ten of.

“We’ve decimated al Qaeda’s top leadership in the border regions around Pakistan, but in Yemen, in Libya, in other of these places – increasingly in places like Syria – what you see is these elements that don’t have the same capacity that a bin Laden or core al Qaeda had, but can still cause a lot of damage, and we’ve got to make sure that we remain vigilant and are focused on preventing them from doing us any harm.”

He has never indicated that all of al Qaeda has been killed. Decimated is not the same as completely destroyed. He said they don't have the same capacity that a bin Laden core al Qaeda had BUT CAN STILL CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE.

What he stated was obviously the truth. You people have been sitting around WAITING for something like this to happen so you could call him a liar...none of you obviously smart enough to know the difference between decimated and completely destroyed.

LOL...it seems to me that when there are HUNDREDS running around free as a bird...that's not anywhere near "decimated".

More like aggravated.

 

[Saladin2]

LOL...it seems to me that when there are HUNDREDS running around free as a bird...that's not anywhere near "decimated".

More like aggravated.

They were all "Al Queda"?....You can prove that?.....BULLSHIT

 

[NinaS]

No, it was the Navy Seals.

Even Navy Seals have commanders. They don't act on their own and Obama gave them recognition from the get-go. You're just embarrassed that after 7 yrs + and bragging that he'd do so, George Bush was unable or "didn't care about Osama bin Laden" and didn't do what he'd bragged he would do.

 

[as seen on tv]

i guess this kind of offsets our recent drone strike where we took out the #2 al qaeda leader, eh?

 

[Saladin2]

Even Navy Seals have commanders. They don't act on their own and Obama gave them recognition from the get-go. You're just embarrassed that after 7 yrs + and bragging that he'd do so, George Bush was unable or "didn't care about Osama bin Laden" and didn't do what he'd bragged he would do.

Well Said...Had the Raid failed...These Right Wing Jerk offs would have blamed President Obama in a heart beat

 

[NinaS]

LOL...it seems to me that when there are HUNDREDS running around free as a bird...that's not anywhere near "decimated".

More like aggravated.

Part of the definition reads...
To select by lot and kill one in every ten of.

But you WANT to believe Obama said he'd destroyed them all to fuel your own desire of him being a liar. Try again. And stop making up crap that he said that he didn't actually say. It probably hurts that he was the CIC when Osama was killed, but you'll just have to get over it. Facts are facts. George had over 7 yrs past 9/11 and gave up ion Osama in what?? a couple yrs ? At least he pretty much said that with his own words. Saddam was more important. And we all know how that turned out.

 

[NinaS]

Well Said...Had the Raid failed...These Right Wing Jerk offs would have blamed President Obama in a heart beat

They are now pretending he said they were all destroyed. Far from it. Oh well, they need a new DISASTER every other week to fuel their hate.

 

[Saladin2]

They are now pretending he said they were all destroyed. Far from it. Oh well, they need a new DISASTER every other week to fuel their hate.

Suddenly any conflict in the middle east is the comeback of Al Quaeda...BULLSHIT

 

[NinaS]

Suddenly any conflict in the middle east is the comeback of Al Quaeda...BULLSHIT

I'd guess that many of the "militants" they said fled the jail were Iraqis that were jailed there during Bush adm. And since they had to close the original Abu Ghraib the "symbol of American Shame" in 2006 and relocate the prisoners 4500 of them to other facilities, it's a good guess that many of them were located there and escaped as well. I wonder if they still had "panties on their heads" (that's the only torture the cons in the old forum would admit happened) despite the evidence that said they were truly tortured and some of them to death.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/mar/10/usa.iraq1

 

[JackDallas]

He didn't say "finished" Jack. And you know it. Decimated is a far cry from being "finished".

dec·i·mate (ds-mt)
tr.v. dec·i·mat·ed, dec·i·mat·ing, dec·i·mates
1. To destroy or kill a large part of (a group).
2. Usage Problem
a. To inflict great destruction or damage on: The fawns decimated my rose bushes.
b. To reduce markedly in amount: a profligate heir who decimated his trust fund.
3. To select by lot and kill one in every ten of.

Decimated is also a long way from the truth.