http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110425/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan This is just nuts. How does this many inmates escape w/out anyone noticing? Just another reason why we should end the campaign in Afghanistan.
That whole country is such a cesspool. That's not the first time this happened in that particular prison. I can't imagine this happening without heavy cooperation from the guards and the directors of the prison. You can't tell good from bad in that country. More likely bad than good. Pretty hopeless place.
I saw a news report yesterday that said that dozens of guards didn't show up for duty the day after the prison break so its very likely they were in on it.
I'd consider it more a "not-too-far-fetched-extrapolation", personally - based off the recent releases from wikileaks regarding gitmo.
You want to end a campaign fully knowing that the job isn't done ? That's not very befitting of our world police image.