More than 1000 inmates escape from Libyan jail

[Bosonic]

Source: BBC

About 1,200 inmates have escaped from a jail in the restive Libyan city of Benghazi.

A security official told the AP news agency that most of the escapees were facing serious charges.

Another report said a riot had taken place inside the al-Kwafiya prison.

The jailbreak comes a day after the assassination of a prominent political activist triggered protests in the city, although it is not clear whether the two are connected.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23479913

[frontier00]

1. Oh No

Benghazi....

The only foreign name teabaggers know how to say

[John2]

2. Residents set them free,

because they didn't want the prison near their homes. That is the excuse of the people in charge now. Is the CIA still in Libya?

[Mnemosyne]

3. Were they ever not? nt

[PatrynXX]

4. Hows those Republican Spending Cuts working out

You know we can't do shit without money of any sort..

[bemildred]

5. Seems to be a rash of jailbeaks of late. Hmmm ... nt

[Purveyor]

6. Boy-oh-boy I'm glad Qaddafi is gone... /sarcasm off