“Iraq is so far away for most Americans and the Iraq War can feel so removed that it’s easy to gloss over the news that, on Monday, al-Qaeda’s Iraq affiliate attacked Baghdad’s infamous Abu Ghraib prison and helped several hundred inmates escape, including a significant number of militants and al-Qaeda fighters. But don’t dismiss this as just another security foul-up in a place with lots of them. This is a big deal, with real implications for Iraq and, yes, for the United States. Here’s why.”
Source: Four reasons why you should care about the al-Qaeda jailbreak in Iraq
