‘This can’t be good’: Rep. Jason Chaffetz reacts to Benghazi prison break
http://twitter.com/#!/ShababLibya/status/361198791984029696
In its coverage of today’s massive prison break, the BBC refers to Benghazi as “the troubled Libyan city,” and the escape of more than 1,000 prisoners today can only compound those troubles.
“Gunmen outside of the prison fired into the air as inmates inside began setting fires, suggesting the jailbreak was preplanned,” NBC News reports.
Some accounts claim that the prison escape was actually quite orderly, with dashboard camera video uploaded to Facebook reportedly showing inmates casually strolling away from the prison in plain sight alongside the road.
http://twitter.com/#!/dovenews/status/361199665141657600
http://twitter.com/#!/RAMoren0/status/361200338717519875
http://twitter.com/#!/batpie/status/361201215071195137
http://twitter.com/#!/WilliamsJon/status/361186463167168512
Earlier this week, as many as 500 prisoners were freed from the high-security Abu Ghraib and Taji prisons in Iraq after militants detonated car bombs near the gates.
http://twitter.com/#!/vbrobness/status/361205141392736257
There aren’t many details available at this time, but early reaction to the news from Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) sums things up nicely from an American perspective.
http://twitter.com/#!/jasoninthehouse/status/361204650948575234
http://twitter.com/#!/rhondaschellin/status/361205079191191552
