[BlackVeil]

There is this snippet as well, from another news report. Whether one regards people as negative or clear sighted depends on one's perspective. But no way does this look good.

In other violence, gunmen in Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, set up fake checkpoints on the outskirts of the city and abducted more than 40 people, most of them soldiers, police officers and members of two tribes that had banded together against local insurgents, according to a police official in the city. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared retribution.

[leadpenny]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6703055.stm

Last Updated: Wednesday, 30 May 2007, 09:28 GMT 10:28 UK

Militia suspected on Iraq kidnap