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Yemen Jailbreak Frees al Qaeda

PRISON BREAK

Nineteen escaped.

Militants attacked Yemen's main prison on Thursday, killing seven and enabling 29 inmates to escape—including 19 convicted members of al Qaeda. The attack began with a car bomb followed by an exchange of gunfire between the militants and the guards at the Sanaa Central Prison.

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