Afghans attacked prison and helped more than 1,100 prisoners escape from jail

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http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/June/subcontinent_June509.xml§ion=subcontinent

14 June 2008

KABUL - More than 1,100 inmates of a prison in southern Afghanistan, including militants, escaped after a Taleban suicide attack on the building, the NATO force in Afghanistan said on Saturday.

'More than 1,100 prisoners were able to escape,' General Carlos Branco, a spokesman for the NATO's International Security Assistance Force told AFP.'Afghanistan national security forces and ISAF forces have cordoned off the area to re-establish security and recapture the escapees,' he added. snip

Afghan officials earlier said that at least 15 security guards were found dead.

A Western military official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the attack -- one of the most sophisticated in the Taleban-led insurgency -- was a major success for the rebels.

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1. This story had the great misfortune of coming out at the same time as Russert dying....

It was a forgone conclusion which way DU, and the media would go.