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Armed gang kidnaps six Iraqi businessmen: police
(AFP)
2 November 2009,
2 November 2009,
TAJI, Iraq - Security forces have launched a manhunt after an armed gang snatched six Iraqi business owners from their businesses north of Baghdad on Monday, police said.
The kidnappers, travelling in three vehicles, raided business premises in the town of Nibaie, 70 kilometres (45 miles) northwest of Baghdad, and carried off the six men, said a police officer speaking on condition of anonymity.
Checkpoints have been installed in the area, which was for a long time a bastion of Al-Qaeda in Iraq before insurgent groups were driven out of the region.
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