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More than 100 prison officials and guards have been detained after 16 prisoners, including five al-Qaida-linked inmates awaiting execution, made a stunning jailbreak in Saddam Hussein’s hometown, a police commander said Friday.
The escape from the makeshift prison in Tikrit was the latest in a string of embarrassing security lapses in Iraq.
An official said that six of the escaped convicts, including three of the al-Qaida-linked inmates, had been arrested by late Friday.
