Chicago Tribune
According to an unofficial and unauthorized report by a member of Iraqi government intelligence, three Americans have been kidnapped in Baghdad. From Chicago Tribune wire reports:
An Iraqi government intelligence official told The Associated Press the Americans were kidnapped from their interpreter’s home in the southern Baghdad neighborhood of Dora. The kidnapping occurred, the official said, after the Americans were invited into the home of their interpreter. The individuals were then taken to Sadr city, the official said, “after (the kidnapping) all communications and contact stopped in Sadr city.”
Iraqi forces are now searching for the three Americans, covering the neighborhood where the alleged kidnapping occurred, conducting house-to-house searches.
A local policeman in Dora said the individuals were taken from their car on Saturday along a highway in southwest Dora while driving to Baghdad International Airport. The two differing accounts of the events could not immediately be reconciled. The policeman spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to brief the press.
U.S. Embassy spokesman Scott Bolz said, “We are working in full cooperation with Iraqi authorities to locate the missing Americans.”
Bolz did not identify the missing Americans or say what they were doing in Iraq.
No details about the missing Americans have been released by any sources, and no claims of responsibility issued. Apparently, kidnappings in Iraq are not unusual, carried out by Islamic State, criminal gangs, or Shiite militia, and ransom is often demanded.
Last month, a Qatari hunting party, including members of the Qatari royal family, were kidnapped while hunting in southern Iraq. Where they are being held, or who the perpetrators are, is unknown.
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Qatari Safari Members, Including Royalty, Are Abducted in Iraq
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A Qatari hunting party……….in Iraq? What on earth were they hunting?
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Or who?…….
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Yeah, that crossed my mind. 🙄
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Apparently it’s quite a common hunting area.
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“Wealthy citizens of Sunni Gulf states sometimes venture into Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq to hunt with falcons because they do not face the bag limits and restrictions on killing certain species that they face at home.” http://www.rferl.org/content/qatari-hunting-party-kidnapped-southern-iraq-/27432843.html
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First the Hunting party, then some naturalized “American” disappear. Nye, great cartoon, that’s why I always have my saddle blanket in the wrangler!!
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