Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Iraq attacks

By IANS,

Baghdad : Al Qaeda in Iraq Tuesday claimed responsibility for the coordinated attacks on two prisons near Baghdad.

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The group made the claim in a statement posted on an Islamist website, reports Xinhua.

“The mujahedeen brigades, after months of preparations and planning, targeted two of the largest prisons, which are Baghdad Central Prison (Abu Ghraib prison) and Taji prison,” said the statement.

The statement said the attacks were a response to Iraq’s Shia-led government’s “crimes” against Sunni Iraqis.

In July 2012, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the top leader of al-Qaida front in the country, launched a plan dubbed “Breaking the walls” aiming to release Al Qaeda prisoners and assault judges and investigators.