Prison break: Militants attack Bannu jail, nearly 400 inmates escape

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Prison break: Militants attack Bannu jail, nearly 400 inmates escape – The Express Tribune

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Some 384 prisoners including militants escaped early Sunday from a jail in Bannu after an attack by insurgents armed with guns, grenades and rockets, officials said.
More than 150 heavily-armed militants stormed the central prison outside the restive northwestern town of Bannu bordering the lawless tribal regions where Taliban and al Qaeda linked militants are known to operate.

Ehsanullah Ehsan, spokesman for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack. "We attacked the Bannu prison and got our special members freed," Ehsan told AFP.
"In a couple of days when all of them have reached their designated places we will issue details about them. At the moment I cannot give you exact numbers," he said.
The attack started at around 1:00 am (2000 GMT Saturday) and continued for two hours, with militants in cars and pick-up trucks shooting and lobbing grenades to force their way into the prison, a security official told AFP.
"Some 384 prisoners, including some hardcore militants, have escaped during the attack," the official said, asking not to be named.
"Preliminary information suggests that there were some 944 prisoners in the jail according to the tally late Saturday," he said.
Information Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mian Iftikhar Hussain told AFP there were "at least 20 dangerous prisoners and some militants", among the escapees.
"We will investigate why militants were able to carry out such an attack successfully and what the security was doing," he said.
A large number of militants had recently been moved to the jail from neighbouring Kohat and Lakki Marwat prisons, which are being converted into centres to rehabilitate former insurgents, the security official said.
A former member of the airforce sentenced to death for an attack on former president Pervez Musharraf was among the escaped militants, he said.
Police confirmed the attack but did not give any figures for the escapees, saying they were still investigating.
Senior Bannu police official Iftikhar Khan told AFP that at least three police officials were wounded in the attack.
The attackers outnumbered the security forces at the prison and militants fled before reinforcements reached the jail, he said.
Shafiq Ahmed, another police official said that security forces had imposed a cordon and a search operation was launched in the area.
"We have arrested four of the escaped prisoners," Ahmed told AFP.
Pakistan's tribal districts near the Afghan border are rife with homegrown insurgents, al Qaeda operatives and Taliban, who are understood to use rear bases in Pakistan to plot attacks in neighbouring Afghanistan.
The mountainous region lies outside direct government control and US drone strikes on militant commanders in the region are a key plank in the US strategy to defeat al Qaeda and reverse the insurgency in Afghanistan.
Militants have killed more than 4,900 people across Pakistan since government troops raided an extremist mosque in Islamabad in July 2007.
more screwing coming the Pak way. :p
 

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Senior Bannu police official Iftikhar Khan told AFP that at least three police officials were wounded in the attack.
Where were the others?

Almost 400 prisoners, including many militants, escaped after the prison came under assault, and all they have are 3 injured policeman to show for the resistance?

Either this prison was given very low priority and the security was very scarce, however that is questionable given that the prisoners included the likes of,

"A former member of the airforce sentenced to death for an attack on former president Pervez Musharraf was among the escaped militants".

I'm inclining towards collusion of security officials with the militants to help those men escape.
 

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Where were the others?

Almost 400 prisoners, including many militants, escaped after the prison came under assault, and all they have are 3 injured policeman to show for the resistance?

Either this prison was given very low priority and the security was very scarce, however that is questionable given that the prisoners included the likes of,

"A former member of the airforce sentenced to death for an attack on former president Pervez Musharraf was among the escaped militants".

I'm inclining towards collusion of security officials with the militants to help those men escape.
Or rather seeing the militants the security officials thought it was useless to put up a resistance and get killed, so shot themselves in the muscle and moved out of the way of the Taliban .

Anything is possible given that even the Pak Army soldiers surrendered once without putting up a fight to the Taliban.
 

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That was a part of the neighbors reserve stock to unleash on India. Now it is their own grave.
 

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They are going to be used against USA and Afghanistan. One should expect more such news.

Pakistan army has started its end game given USA/NATO withdraw from Afghanistan soon. Expect more recruiting, training camps.
 

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This could be done to free our agents stuck there. This option must be considered.
 

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Gunfire, seven explosions rock central Kabul


Kabul: At least seven large explosions and automatic gunfire rocked the central diplomatic area of Kabul on Sunday, Reuters witnesses said, and embassy alarms were sounding.

Gunfire appeared to be coming from various directions in the heavily barricaded diplomatic area of central Kabul close to both the U.S. and British embassies.

More details are awaited.
Afghan capital Kabul hit by multiple blasts, gun attacks



Post # 5 Pakistan army has started its end game given USA/NATO withdraw from Afghanistan soon.
May be totally wrong but trying fitting my theory.

USA has refused to serve Pakistani demands vis a vis Afghanistan thus Pakistan has no other option but to bleed USA as much as they can before they leave. Its all about giving message to Afghans that Pakistanis are the boss in the region with heaps of nuisance and destructive value and assets.
 

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KP and FATA of pakistan are gutted by TTP, balochistan by BLA and BRA. there is scores of killing against shia in gilgit, and what to say about sindh.
apart from punjab whole of the pakistan seems to be burning.
with such situation in place, how can security apparatus of that country can work with full dedication.
they lost many of their top cops and by common psyche one can decipher that if attacked a normal pakistan policeman will run for his life rather showing resistance to fierce attack from outlawed talibs
 

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