SHAFAQNA (International Shia News Association) As many as 349 inmates, escaped last week from Baghdad's major prison during assault by Islamic militants, were recaptured, said chief security officer of Baghdad. These prisoners had fled from Abu Ghraib prison last week. "The security forces have re-captured 349 inmates who escaped from Abu Ghraib ...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Al-Qaida's branch in Iraq claimed responsibility Tuesday for audacious raids on two high-security prisons on the outskirts of Baghdad this week that killed dozens and set free hundreds of inmates, including some of its followers. The statement issued in the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the al-Qaida affiliate in ...