The Abu Ghraib prison escape was funded and planned by foreign countries and the planning has been going on for months. *The first step was to target all the entrances with suicide blasts (one of the suicide bombers was Jordanian). Then a large number of mortars starting raining on the prison which forced the units to take cover. Than the attack began, stray bullets from all sides of the prison.*
The way to the prison was also trapped to prevent backup from arriving on time. At the same time the new prison manager ordered an Iftar gathering for the prisoners in the Same day the attack occurred. 25 prison guards were martyred in the attack.*
*19 terrorists, 40 escaping Convicts were killed. *About 400 managed to escape.*
An attempt by Alqaeda and the Naqshabandi's to take over the town of Selman Beck after the killing of 14 truck drivers on the highway. The drivers were killed for secterian reasons. Clashes in the aftermath led to the killing of 30 terrorists and 9 security forces killed and injured . *The Security forces have closed the town and arrested 177 suspects after the clashes.