Al Aqsa Brigades Jihadists Escape From West Bank Prison

Yeah, they actually call it a prison although once you've read this...I think you'll agree that these chumps seemed to have walked out the front door!

Here's the deal - the Palestinian Authority and Israel reached an agreement some time ago that wanted terrorists from Israel's perspective could turn in their weapons and serve three months in prison and then Israel would grant them amnesty. Well, 12 Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades prisoners apparently took exception to their treatment in the prison and decided to leave. From the article here from Yahoo News:

"We left the prison because of the aggression on the part of masked members of the national security forces against the detainees. There were scuffles and then we left," one of the detainees, Mahdi Abu Ghazaleh, told AFP.
"We gave up our weapons according to an agreement but we received nothing in return," he added.
"They told us if you give up your weapons and spend three months in jail, there will be an amnesty and the Israeli army will stop its operations in Nablus but nothing happened."

But the part of the article that I like the best is this:

"They are out of prison now and their lives are in danger because of the Israelis. If they want to come back they are welcome but we won't let them move freely or carry weapons," Muhaisen told AFP.

Yep, that's right - these 12 are now back on the Israeli hit list and if there is any justice in the world, these 12 will find a hellfire waiting for them when they jump into a couple of Toyota mini vans this weekend.

Al Aqsa militants break out of West Bank prison

NABLUS, West Bank (AFP) - Twelve Palestinian militants escaped from a Palestinian-run prison in the northern West Bank city of Nablus overnight, Palestinian security officials said on Saturday.

The detainees, members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, an armed group loosely tied to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party, were wanted by the Israeli army, the officials said.
They had been detained in the Jneid prison under a July 2007 agreement with Israel that allows militants to surrender their weapons and serve a three-month period of detention in exchange for amnesty.

Fourteen members of the same militant group escaped from the prison on February 21 before turning themselves in the following day. They said the breakout was in protest at prison conditions and an Israeli decision to extend their detention from three months to six.
The once restive city of Nablus, which saw heavy fighting during the latest Palestinian uprising, is now the focus of a mounting security crackdown by Palestinian authorities as part of revived peace talks with Israel.