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Dozens seized at Baghdad security firm: police
Reuters ^ | 3/8/06 | Reuters

Posted on 03/08/2006 7:00:23 AM PST by jimbo123

Gunmen wearing the uniform of Iraqi police commandos seized dozens of employees from the offices of a security company in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, police sources said.

Two sources said about 50 people were taken. They said that the gunmen, who arrived in at least 10 vehicles, broke into the headquarters compound of the firm in the Zayouna district. One Interior Ministry source said he was unaware of any official police operation in the area.

(Baghdad newsroom)


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hostages; iraq
No news yet on which security firm was targeted.
1 posted on 03/08/2006 7:00:25 AM PST by jimbo123
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al-Rawafid Security Co.

The company is located in the mixed Sunni-Shiite Zayouna neighborhood in eastern Baghdad.

2 posted on 03/08/2006 7:40:34 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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Security workers kidnapped in Iraq
3 posted on 03/08/2006 7:41:33 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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Reports: Dozens kidnapped in Iraq
4 posted on 03/08/2006 7:43:58 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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Not "more good news" from Iraq.


5 posted on 03/08/2006 7:44:35 AM PST by Austin Willard Wright
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More "Good news" for Saddam's defenders.


6 posted on 03/08/2006 7:49:58 AM PST by roses of sharon
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Baghdad Gunmen Seize 50 Workers From Iraqi Company, AP Reports (Bloomberg)

7 posted on 03/08/2006 7:50:15 AM PST by Cboldt
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Could this company have been a front for a militia?


8 posted on 03/08/2006 8:06:59 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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Something fishy is going on, that's for sure.


9 posted on 03/08/2006 8:14:50 AM PST by jimbo123
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24 people also found dead around the capitol according to Fox News. 18 of the bodies were in an abandoned minivan. The rest were scattered about Baghdad.


10 posted on 03/08/2006 8:20:20 AM PST by ColoCowgirl1201
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Maybe the UAE can hire them to work at DPW


11 posted on 03/08/2006 8:21:39 AM PST by MattinNJ (Allen/Pawlenty in 08-play the map.)
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