Iraqi group 'seizes 20 police'

Aljazeera.net

Al-Qaeda in Iraq has said its fighters have kidnapped 20 Iraqi soldiers and policemen in northeast Baghdad. In an internet statement released on Saturday, the self-styled Islamic State of Iraq said the men would be killed unless the government released all Sunni women held in Iraq's prisons within 48 hours. The group also posted still images showing the purported captives dressed in brown army and blue police uniforms, blindfolded and handcuffed. The movement's claim to have captured the men could not be independently verified...

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