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AL QAEDA: ‘A BOLD RAID
BLESSED BY GOD’
Al Qaeda’s branch in Iraq took responsibility
this week for raids on the Abu Ghraib and
Taji prisons outside Baghdad that freed
hundreds of inmates. In a statement posted
on a jihadist website, the affiliate said it had
planned the attacks for months and described
them as “a bold raid blessed by God.” Several
Iraqi officials said more than 500 detainees
escaped during the attacks, and al Qaeda’s statement said more than 500 mujahideen, or
holy warriors, were freed. At least 25 members of Iraq’s security forces were killed, according
to Iraqi officials, but al Qaeda puts the number at more than 120.
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OUT OF HIDING
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LAW AND ORDER
STAR DIES
George Zimmerman stayed out of the public eye after
being found not guilty in the killing of Trayvon Martin,
but police reported this week that he recently helped
a family of four trapped inside an overturned blue
Ford Explorer SUV. Zimmerman’s lawyer and brother,
Robert Zimmerman Jr., have spoken to the press
since the verdict, but this was the first known public
sighting of Zimmerman.
Dennis Farina, who became known for his role
as Detective Joe Fontana on Law and Order,
died on Monday in Scottsdale, Ariz., after
getting a blood clot in his lung. His doctor later
confirmed that he was battling lung cancer.
He was 69. Farina was a longtime cop in
Chicago and didn’t start acting until his late
30s after a chance meeting with director
Michael Mann. He was in dozens of movies, including Get Shorty, Saving Private Ryan and
Midnight Run, as well as the TV shows Crime Story and Miami Vice.