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| Iraq |
| Americans missing in Baghdad kidnapped by Iran-backed militia |
| 2016-01-20 |
| [Ynet] US sources say Washington has no reason to believe Tehran was involved in abduction, while Iraqi intelligence sources say three US citizens were kidnapped because they're American. Three US citizens who disappeared last week in Baghdad were kidnapped and are being held by an Iranian-backed Shi'ite militia, two Iraqi intelligence and two US government sources said on Tuesday. The US sources said Washington had no reason to believe Tehran was involved in the kidnapping and does not believe the trio are being held in Iran, which borders Iraq. "They were kidnapped because they are Americans, not for personal or financial reasons," one of the Iraqi intelligence sources in Baghdad said. Unknown gunnies seized the Americans on Friday from a private residence in the capital's southeastern Dora district, according to Iraqi officials. The Iraqi government has struggled to rein in the Shi'ite militias, many of which fought the US military following the 2003 invasion and have previously been accused of killing and abducting American nationals. No US citizens have been kidnapped in Iraq since US troops withdrew from the country in 2011. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 @#6: We're gonna' have to wait 365 days for that. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-01-20 17:37 |
| #6 When these kinds of things happen, I ask myself, "What would the Russians do?" Time to start grabbing some senior IRG officers and ah, persuade them to cough our guys up. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-01-20 12:11 |
| #5 Iran released the last batch of hostages & needed to replenish the supply. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2016-01-20 11:58 |
| #4 Mullah, 4) Got the memo and followed it precisely. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-01-20 11:35 |
| #3 Didn't get the memo from their Tehran handlers? Don't agree with the memo? Just doin' what they do? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2016-01-20 08:24 |
| #2 What you subsidize, you get more of. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-01-20 01:17 |
| #1 of course. |
| Posted by: Nguard 2016-01-20 00:37 |