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Al-Qaida claims deadly prison raids in Iraq

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Al-Qaida's branch in Iraq claimed responsibility July 23 for raids on two high-security prisons on the outskirts of Baghdad 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 Iraq, was posted on an online jihadist forum. It said months of planning went into the highly coordinated assaults on the prisons in Abu Ghraib and Taji that began late July 21.

There has been a surge in violence in Iraq since April. (AP)

アルカイダがイラクの刑務所２ヵ所を襲撃

バクダッド郊外にある刑務所２ヵ所が７月21日から22日にかけて襲撃され、23日、国際テロ組織アルカイダ系の武装勢力がウェブサイトに犯行を認める声明を出した。

The Japan Times ST: August 2, 2013