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Su Dec 17 -

BAGD: RED CRESCENT
MASS ABDUCTION -

If you thought this was going to be a quiet weekend, as I did...

3:00pm EST(US) ~ *Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped two dozen employees at Red Crescent offices in downtown Baghdad on Sunday.*

*The hostage-takers, jumping out of 10 pick-up trucks, raided the Red Crescent building in the Karrada district in broad daylight, snatching more than two dozen men but leaving women behind, witnesses and officials said.*

-- Sense of place --
Brief 1 min video clip:
:: Reuters ::

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