100 Gunmen Storm Iraqi Jail; Dawn Raid Kills 20 Policemen and Frees 33 Insurgents

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - It was only last year that U.S. and Iraqi military officials said the area around the town of Muqdadiyah near the Iranian border was no longer an insurgent stronghold.

But as dawn broke on Tuesday, the mostly Sunni militants demonstrated with a dramatic attack that they can still assemble a large force capable of operating in the region virtually at will.

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100 Gunmen Storm Iraqi Jail; Dawn Raid Kills 20 Policemen and Frees 33 Insurgents

About 100 masked gunmen stormed the Muqdadiyah prison, cutting phone wires, freeing all the inmates and leaving behind a scene of devastation ...

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