Al-Qaida-linked group claims it stormed Mosul prison

An al-Qaida-affiliated group claimed in a web posting today that its members stormed a northern Iraqi prison yesterday and freed 150 inmates there.

The claim by the Islamic State in Iraq, an umbrella group of several Sunni insurgent groups, including al-Qaida in Iraq, appeared on a website commonly used by the insurgents. The authenticity of the statement could not be independently confirmed.