Gunmen kidnap 30 in Iraq

Published December 15, 2006

BAGHDAD, Dec 14: Gunmen in camouflage uniforms kidnapped about 30 Iraqis in Baghdad on Thursday in a brazen daylight attack that underlined a call by a top US general for action to take back the streets from sectarian death squads.

“We have to change the dynamics that are going on in Baghdad. There is a lot of sectarian murder in Baghdad,” Lt-Gen Raymond Odierno said.

—Reuters

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