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Embassy, consulate closures extendedNew fears of al Qaeda-linked attack
Intercepted message led to terror alertInside the threat overseas
Prison breaks are among reasons for heightened security
By Barbara Starr and Tom Cohen, CNN
updated 8:20 AM EDT, Tue August 6, 2013 CNN.com
11 jailbreaks linked to al Qaeda plot?
anchors a CNN Special Investigation, 'The Truth about Benghazi', Tuesday at 10 p.m. ETErin Burnett
Washington (CNN) -- First the attackers blew up bombs outside a Pakistani prison. Then they scared off
people in the area and used loudspeakers to call out specific inmates they were trying to release. Shiite
prisoners left inside were killed.
"It was a well-planned assault," noted CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen, who provided details
Monday of the July 30 prison break in northwest Pakistan.
Other similar operations in the past two weeks in Iraq and Libya successfully freed hundreds of convicted
or suspected Islamic terrorists, a known strategy of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Bergen and other analysts cited the prison breaks as one of several reasons the United States has
dramatically heightened its security stance by issuing a worldwide travel alert and closing almost two
dozen embassies and consulates on Sunday, with 19 of them remaining shut for the rest of the week.
The State
Department said
the substantial
security steps
reflect an
"abundance of
caution" over
intelligence
information that
indicated final
planning by al
Qaeda in Yemen
for possible
terrorist attacks on
Western targets to
coincide with the
end of Ramadan
this week.
'Do something'
An intercepted message among senior al Qaeda operatives in the last several days further intensified
concerns already heightened by increased terrorist chatter detected by intelligence agencies, as well as
the prison breaks.

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A message from al-Zawahiri to his second in command in Yemen told him to "do something," CNN has
learned. U.S. and Yemeni officials had already spent weeks watching a rising stream of intelligence about
the possibility of a major terrorist attack in Yemen, so the message caused them to fear imminent terrorist
action.
CNN had the information over the weekend and decided not to report the details about al-Zawahiri's
involvement based on U.S. government concerns about the sensitivity of the information. Now that it has
been widely reported in other media, including the New York Times and McClatchy, CNN has now
decided to report it as well.
And U.S. officials cautioned that there may be multiple sources of intelligence, including intercepts of
electronic information from phone calls and web postings and the interrogation of couriers or other
operatives.
Opinion: What's behind timing of terror threat
Asked Monday about the prison breaks, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf called them "a
concern for the international community" that is "separate and apart" from the U.S. concern about the
latest specific terrorist threat.
Bergen, however, noted that al Qaeda "actually announced a year ago that they were going to do this
campaign of releasing prisoners from prison and they conducted something like seven prison assaults -- a
couple of which have been quite successful."
Prison breaks
A senior official with Iraq's interior ministry told CNN on condition of not being identified that top officials of
al Qaeda in Iraq, including Adnan Ismail Najim Abdullah al-Dulaimi, escaped from Abu Graib prison during
the jailbreak there last month and remains at large.
Bergen noted that a 2006 prison break in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, led to the creation of al Qaeda in the
Arabian Peninsula, one of the terrorist organization's most virulent affiliates.
Although the prison breaks are not the main reason for the raised terror threat, said CNN Terrorism
Analyst Paul Cruickshank, "it is part of the background music." Prison breaks can often strengthen terrorist
groups because "some of these guys are likely to be seasoned operatives," he added.
To CNN National Security Contributor Frances Fragos Townsend, the timing of the prison breaks and
increased intelligence chatter building up to the end of Ramadan signaled heightened al Qaeda activity
that required precautionary steps in response.
She noted that in the run-up to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, "the government failed to
connect dots."
"These seem like dots that ought to be connected," said Townsend, a former homeland security and
anti-terrorism adviser to the Bush administration. "You can figure out later whether or not you were right."

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Is rash of brazen prison breaks related? Interpol wants to know
Another dot she cited was that al-Zawahiri recently appointed Nasir al Wuhayshi, the Yemeni leader of al
Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, to be the new general manager of the global al Qaeda network.
CNN has learned al-Zawahiri's message for action was sent to Wuhayshi.
A high-profile attack orchestrated by Wuhayshi would cement the Yemeni's new position in the al Qaeda
hierarchy, Townsend said.
Yemen is an area of particular concern. Three sources said the United States has information that
members of the Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) are in the final stages of
planning for an unspecified attack.
According to a U.S. official with access to the latest intelligence, Wuhayshi's appointment as a top global
al Qaeda figure would almost certainly have required back-and-forth communication between AQAP and
al Qaeda central.
At the White House, spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Monday that while U.S. anti-terrorism efforts
had decimated al Qaeda's global leadership and greatly diminished its core in the Afghanistan-Pakistan
region, the threat still posed "has shifted to some of these affiliates, in particular AQAP."
Over the weekend, Interpol warned that al Qaeda has been tied to the prison breaks on July 23 in Iraq, on
July 26 in Libya and four days later in Pakistan.
End of Ramadan
Another factor prompting the embassy and consulate closures is the end of Ramadan. Depending on
when a new crescent moon is seen, the Muslim holy month could end Wednesday or Thursday.
Ramadan's end is celebrated with the Eid al-Fitr festivities -- a three-day holiday in most Muslim countries.
The State Department, in announcing its closures, alluded to this, saying that "a number of our embassies
and consulates were going to be closed in accordance with local custom and practice for the bulk of the
week for the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan."
Britain also announced its embassy in Yemen will remain closed through the end of Eid "due to continuing
security concerns."
Strategic reason
Townsend said there could be a strategic reason for shutting down the diplomatic offices.
"Once you take targets away, it buys you additional time to try and disrupt, to identify the cell, the
operators in country and the region, and work with your partners in the region to try and ... get them in
custody or disrupt the plot," she said. "So, some of this operationally is about buying time."
List of closures

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A total of 19 U.S. embassies and consulates will be closed Monday through Saturday.
The following 15 were part of the original list:
U.S. Embassy Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
U.S. Embassy Amman, Jordan
U.S. Embassy Cairo, Egypt
U.S. Consulate Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
U.S. Embassy Djibouti, Djibouti
U.S. Embassy Doha, Qatar
U.S. Consulate Dubai, United Arab Emirates
U.S. Consulate Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
U.S. Embassy Khartoum, Sudan
U.S. Embassy Kuwait City, Kuwait
U.S. Embassy Manama, Bahrain
U.S. Embassy Muscat, Oman
U.S. Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
U.S. Embassy Sanaa, Yemen
U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Libya
The following four embassies have been added:
U.S. Embassy Antananarivo, Madagascar
U.S. Embassy Bujumbura, Burundi
U.S. Embassy Kigali, Rwanda
U.S. Embassy Port Louis, Mauritius
CNN's Jill Dougherty, Dana Bash, Hamdi Alkhshali, Chris Lawrence, Evan Perez, Gloria Borger, Jim
Acosta, Elise Labott, Mohammed Jamjoom, NuNu Japaridze, Bharati Naik, Karen Smith and Hakim
Almasmari contributed to this report.

6. CUT & PASTED FROM: http://rt.com/news/iraq-abu-prison-escape-430/
Over 500 ‘Al-Qaeda militants’ escape Iraq’s Abu
Ghraib in violent break-out
Published time: July 22, 2013 15:55
Edited time: July 23, 2013 18:19
AFP Photo / Michael V. May.
A manhunt is underway in Iraq for hundreds of convicts, including senior Al-Qaeda terrorists, who broke out of
Abu Ghraib prison after a military-style raid to free them, authorities said on Monday.
The militant Islamist organization has claimed responsibility for the assaults on Iraq’s Abu Ghraib and Taji
prisons, Reuters quoted Al-Qaeda’s statement posted on militant forums.
The attacks were allegedly carried out after months of preparations on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant, which is a merger between Al-Qaeda’s affiliates in Syria and Iraq.
Between 500 to 1,000 prisoners have escaped as a result of the attack, “most of them were convicted senior
members of Al-Qaeda and had received death sentences," said Hakim Zamili, a senior member of the security
and defense committee in parliament.
Suicide bombers drove cars with explosives into the gates of the prison on the outskirts of Baghdad on Sunday
night, while gunmen attacked guards with mortar fire as well as rocket propelled grenades.
Other militants held the main road, fighting off security reinforcements sent from Baghdad, as several
insurgents wearing suicide vests entered Abu Ghraib on foot to help free the inmates.

7. Ten policemen and four militants were killed in the fighting, which continued until early Monday, when
military helicopters arrived to help regain control.
By that time, hundreds of inmates had succeeded in fleeing Abu Ghraib. The security forces arrested some of
them, the rest are still free, Zamili commented.
Reuters / Mohammed Ameen
“It's obviously a terrorist attack carried out by Al-Qaeda to free convicted terrorists with Al-Qaeda,” another
security official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Jihadist accounts on Twitter claimed that not 500, but thousands of prisoners had escaped from the detention
facility. A number of users also posted similar claims on the Honein jihadist forum, AFP news agency reports.
The Abu Ghraib capable of holding around 15,000 inmates has become notorious a decade ago after
photographs showing abuse of prisoners by US soldiers were made available to the public.
A simultaneous attack on another prison, in Taji, to the north of Baghdad, had a similar scheme, but guards
prevented a break-out. 16 soldiers and six militants were killed there.
The attacks on the tow prisons came a year after Al-Qaeda’s Iraqi front group announced that it would be
targeting the country’s justice system.

8. AFP Photo / Michael V. May
“The first priority in this is releasing Muslim prisoners everywhere, and chasing and eliminating judges and
investigators and their guards,” said an audio message attributed to the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
in July 2012.
Sunni rebels, including Al-Qaeda-affiliated, have been gaining strength and regularly striking Shiite Muslims
and security forces. The violence has increased fears of a return to conflict in the country.
But ultimately, Flounders concludes that the international audience shouldn’t be surprised at the news, because
Western efforts in Iraq have not shown any signs of addressing the actual spread of sectarian violence in Iraq
after the toppling of Saddam Hussein. In the city of Mosul to the north of Baghdad, a suicide bomber detonated
a vehicle with explosives behind a military convoy, killing at least 22 soldiers and three passers-by, police
reported.
Recent attacks have targeted mosques, football matches, shopping areas and cafes where people meet after
breaking the daily fast for the holy month of Ramadan.
However, despite widespread claims that the escapees are largely affiliated with Al-Qaeda, there is no way of
knowing, says Sara Flounders, head of the International Action Center. She also told RT that not much is
known about Abu Ghraib itself after the US handed over control to the Iraqi government, following its
withdrawal from the country.
“The state of security hasn’t substantially improved since. We know also there are many operatives left in Iraq
that continue US policy aims. There’s a lot that’s uncertain and unknown today in Iraq. We do know there was
a prison break. But before we rush to label everyone Al-Qaeda, let’s be aware that Abu Ghraib itself as a

9. prison was notorious for US torture techniques… it was turned back over to the Iraqi government and we have
no idea if any conditions improved.”
But ultimately, Flounders concludes that the international audience shouldn’t be surprised at the news, because
Western efforts in Iraq have not shown any signs of addressing the actual spread of sectarian violence after the
toppling of Saddam Hussein, while billions of dollars were misspent – an opinion shared by defense consultant
Moeen Raoof.
“The Iraqi government isn’t controlling anything… [It] hasn’t been spending its oil funds on security… the
toppling of Saddam Hussein was a fatal, fatal mistake,” one that will be repeated in Afghanistan, after complete
US withdrawal, he believes.
Nearly 600 people have been killed in militant attacks across Iraq so far this month, according to the monitoring
group Iraq Body Count.

10. Updated
Jul
2013
5:02pm, EDT
Wathiq Khuzaie / Getty Images
An Iraqi security officer patrols the grounds of Abu Ghraib prison, which has been renamed as Baghdad Central
Prison.
By Kareem Raheem and Ziad al-Sinjary, Reuters
BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq -- Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out
of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said
on Monday.
The deadly raid on the high-security jail happened as Sunni Muslim militants are re-gaining
momentum in their insurgency against the Shiite-led government that came to power after the U.S.
invasion to oust Saddam Hussein.
Suicide bombers drove cars packed with explosives to the gates of the prison on the outskirts of
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11. Baghdad on Sunday night and blasted their way into the compound, while gunmen attacked guards
with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.
Other militants took up positions near the main road, fighting off security reinforcements sent from
Baghdad as several militants wearing suicide vests entered the prison on foot to help free the
inmates.
Ten policemen and four
militants were killed in the
ensuing clashes, which
continued until Monday
morning, when military
helicopters arrived, helping to
regain control.
By that time, hundreds of
inmates had succeeded in
fleeing Abu Ghraib, the prison
made notorious a decade ago
by photographs showing abuse of prisoners by U.S. soldiers.
"The number of escaped inmates has reached 500, most of them were convicted senior members of
al Qaeda and had received death sentences," Hakim Al-Zamili, a senior member of the security and
defense committee in parliament, told Reuters.
"The security forces arrested some of them, but the rest are still free."
One security official told Reuters on condition of anonymity: "It's obviously a terrorist attack carried
out by al Qaeda to free convicted terrorists with al Qaeda."
A simultaneous attack on another prison, in Taji, around 12 miles north of Baghdad, followed a
similar pattern, but guards managed to prevent any inmates escaping. Sixteen soldiers and six
militants were killed.
Sunni insurgents, including the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq, have been regaining strength
in recent months and striking on an almost daily basis against Shiite Muslims and security forces
among other targets.
The violence has raised fears of a return to full-blown conflict in a country where Kurds, Shiite and
Sunni Muslims have yet to find a stable way of sharing power.
Recent attacks have targeted mosques, amateur football matches, shopping areas and cafes where
people gather to socialize after breaking their daily fast for the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.
Relations between Islam's two main denominations have been put under further strain from the civil
war in Syria, which has drawn in Shiite and Sunni fighters from Iraq and beyond to fight against each
other.
In the northern city of Mosul, 240 miles north of Baghdad, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle
packed with explosives behind a military convoy in the eastern Kokchali district, killing at least 22
soldiers and three passers-by, police said.
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12. Following the attack, leaflets were found
near mosques in Mosul signed by the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which
was formed earlier this year through a
merger between Syrian and Iraqi affiliates
of al Qaeda.
Suicide bombings are the hallmark of al
Qaeda, which has been regrouping in
Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city and capital
of the Sunni-dominated Nineveh province.
A separate attack in western Mosul killed
four policemen, police said.
Nearly 600 people have been killed in
militant attacks across Iraq so
far this month, according to
violence monitoring group Iraq
Body Count.
That is still well below the
height of bloodletting in
2006-07, when the monthly
death toll sometimes exceeded
3,000.
Reuters contributed to this
report.
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