Qaeda-led militants storm Iraq jail, free 140
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MOSUL, Iraq  - Dozens of al Qaeda-led militants stormed an Iraqi jail in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday and freed up to 140 prisoners in one of the biggest prison breaks since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, police said.
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US bombers and jet fighters unleashed 40,000 pounds of explosives during a 10-minute airstrike Thursday, flattening what the military called al-Qaeda in Iraq safe havens on the southern outskirts of the capital
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Belgium on Saturday released all 14 suspected Islamic militants who were held over what police said was a plot to spring an al Qaeda suspect from jail.
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US and Iraqi forces launch an offensive in Baquba, arresting more than 30 suspected insurgents, officials say.
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Thousands of U.S. troops swooped on a suspected al Qaeda safe haven south of Baghdad on Monday used to reinforce militants battling in the capital.
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BAGHDAD -- American forces freed 42 kidnapped Iraqis -- some of whom had been hung from ceilings and tortured for months -- in a raid yesterday on an Al Qaeda hide-out north of Baghdad, the US military said.
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BAGHDAD, May 27 -- U.S. forces raided an al-Qaeda in Iraq hideout northeast of Baghdad on Sunday and rescued 41 people who had been kidnapped by the group, some as long as four months ago, a U.S. military spokesman said.
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Suspected Muslim rebels stormed a jail  in the southern Philippines early on Friday with grenades and  rockets, blasted a hole in its wall and helped more than 46  prisoners escape, authorities said.
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Afghan troops arrive at the Pul-i-Charkhi prison to suppress a jail break attempt by al Qaeda inmates, in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2004.
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Suspected Muslim rebels storm a jail in the southern Philippines, freeing at least 47 inmates, officials say.
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Fourteen people arrested on suspicion of trying to free a convicted al-Qaeda militant are released after 24 hours.
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US and Iraqi troops have raided an al-Qaeda camp near Baghdad and freed about 40 Iraqis, the US military says.
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Iraqi insurgents staged nearly simultaneous attacks Friday morning on police stations at opposite ends of Baghdad, killing at least 20 people, freeing dozens of prisoners and emptying a police arsenal in a demonstration of the militants' strength in the heart of the country.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 9 -- U.S.-led forces killed 20 suspected insurgents during a raid targeting fighters from the group al-Qaeda in Iraq northwest of Baghdad on Friday morning, the U.S. military said. Two women were among those killed, the military said.
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Hundreds of federal police and soldiers seized control over the nation's top-security prison Friday amid reports of a planned escape, possible murder plots and a jailhouse alliance between two reputed drug trafficking kingpins.
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Belgium on Saturday released all 14  suspected Islamic militants who were held over what police said  was a plot to spring an al Qaeda suspect from jail.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces have arrested the   second most senior figure of al Qaeda in Iraq and killed 20   fellow militants, Iraq's national security adviser said on   Sunday, claiming a major victory over the insurgents.