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BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security officials say five prisoners, most of them members of an al-Qaida-inspired group, have escaped the country's main jail. The officials say it is not clear how the four Lebanese and one Sudanese citizen broke out of the heavily-guarded Roumieh prison east of Beirut on Saturday. Lebanese troops, backed by an army helicopter, set up a security cordon around the prison and searched all cars leaving the area. Local media say the Lebanese are members of the al-Qaida-inspired Fatah Islam group. The officials have refused to say whether the escaped convicts included Fatah Islam members. Fatah Islam fought the Lebanese army inside a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon in the summer of 2007.   Socialize this Subscribe to our RSS feed to stay in touch and receive all of TT updates right in your feed reader
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