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To: Lucretius who wrote (323829)	6/21/2006 2:00:29 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) of 436258

Not with this kind of booyah rolling in on the wires... ot -- More than 100 Iraqi gov't employees kidnapped 21/06/2006 afp.com BAGHDAD (AFP) - More than 100 Iraqis employed by the ministry of industry north of Baghdad were kidnapped by gunmen as they left work. The workers at the Hateen and Nasr factories in the restive town of Taji were ambushed by at least 50 gunmen who had arrived in five minibuses, the source said. They were loaded onto the same buses that were waiting to take them back to their homes, he said. Hateen and Nasr were part of the military-industrial complex under the rule of ousted leader Saddam Hussein before their conversion into civilian manufacturing facilities belonging to the ministry of industry. ----- apnews.myway.com BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen abducted about 85 workers Wednesday as they left work at an industrial plant north of Baghdad, police and a witness said. The workers were thought to be mostly Shiite and the plant is located in a predominantly Sunni Arab area. The witness said that about 85 workers were taken near the plant's parking lot, while police Lt. Thaer Mahmoud said they filled up a bus and a minivan. They were taken at the al-Nasr General Complex in Taji, 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Baghdad. Taji is predominantly Sunni Arab area that has seen much insurgent activity. Under Saddam Hussein, the complex was a military plant, but it now makes metal doors, windows and pipes. Kamel Mohammed, an engineer working at the plant, said by telephone he saw two of the plant's buses and a minivan intercepted by gunmen in three sedans. The two buses and the single minivan ferry workers from the plant to the Shiite areas of Shula and Hurrayah in Baghdad. They also forced other workers leaving the plant in their own cars to get out and into the buses. The incident took place about 50 meters (yards) away from the plant's parking lot. It was the most recent case involving mass abductions.

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