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Guards, inmates killed in Baghdad jail battle | ||||
2005-12-29 | ||||
BAGHDAD - At least nine prisoners and guards were killed in a gun battle at a Baghdad high-security jail on Wednesday after detained guerrilla suspects, some of them foreign, grabbed weapons and tried to flee, officials said.
The US military said: âSixteen prisoners attempted to escape the facility after first storming the armoury.â The Justice Ministry prison guard told Reuters: âAt 6:30 a.m., five prisoners were taken out to clean the yards. When the officer was trying to shackle their legs to stop them from escaping, one of them pushed the officer aside and another attacked the guard standing nearby and took his gun. Then he shot the officer dead and wounded the guard.â âThe five prisoners rushed towards the armoury and shot the sleeping guard dead before they grabbed weapons, ammunition and body armour and also some keys.â
âThe group rushed the gate, firing on soldiers there and killing two of them,â he added. âThey also killed a translator called Firas, a maintenance worker and another guard.â | ||||
Posted by:Steve White |
#4 Heh, I was pretty good at sneaking past the sleeping guards in the computer game Half Life. NG, your comment about living up to the stereotype of the lazy..., I thought that had changed. To have someone of this ilk be in charge and put so many in danger is crazy. I say who cares about the "clean yard", keep them in a very small cell. I'm sure many RB'ers would have a better definition of high security. On a more serious note, it's one thing to die in battle, quite another to lose your life out of someone else's stupidity. My heart goes out to the guys that lost their lives or were hurt because of this sleeping guard. |
Posted by: Jan 2005-12-29 13:58 |
#3 They have sleeping guards at high-security facilities? You better beleive they do! I can't tell you how many times I was disappointed by Jundis (IA Pvt.'s, and by extension, any Iraqui) living |
Posted by: N guard 2005-12-29 10:40 |
#2 New meaning for the term "dirt nap" |
Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2005-12-29 09:45 |
#1 They have sleeping guards at high-security facilities? Not anymore they don't. He's paid for his nap with his life. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2005-12-29 07:58 |