7月11日，4名“基地”组织成员从位于驻阿富汗美军巴格拉姆空军基地的拘留中心越狱。这是驻阿美军监狱首次发生犯人越狱逃跑事件。美军随后出动地面部队和直升机展开大规模搜捕行动。外电报道如下：Four suspected Arab terrorists broke out of a U.S. military detention¹ facility in Afghanistan on Monday, fleeing through barbed wire stockades² in the first escape from the compound since the American military took over the former Soviet³ airbase.

Also Monday, rescuers reported finding the body of a U.S. Navy SEAL, the last to be accounted for from a four-man special forces unit that disappeared after a June 28 ambush⁴ in the rugged⁵ mountains in the east of the country.

U.S. and Afghan forces launched a manhunt for the suspects, identified as Arabs from Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Libya. U.S. soldiers set up roadblocks and helicopters clattered⁶ low over villages near the heavily guarded base north of the capital, Kabul.

Barbed在此表示“有刺的，有倒钩的，具侧刺毛的”，此外还有“尖刻的，讽刺的”等含义，例如：a barbed remark（讽刺的话）；barbed statement（锋芒毕露的声明）。

据悉，4名越狱者分别来自叙利亚、科威特、沙特阿拉伯和利比亚。越狱事件发生后，在基地周围和附近村庄，数十名美军士兵每隔数百米，拦截过往车辆加以搜查，美军直升机在空中盘旋。不过奥哈拉认为，身穿橙色囚服的越狱者可能仍在基地内。