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Iraq finds bodies of 20 kidnapped bus drivers
 BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces said they had found the bodies of 20 bus drivers who had been kidnapped north of Baghdad earlier on Wednesday. Police had put the number of bus drivers kidnapped in Miqdadiya, 100 km (60 miles) northeast of the capital at 12, but Major General Ahmed al-Awad said 20 bodies had been found after gunmen snatched a group of drivers from a station.Awad told state television that security forces released three kidnap victims during a search operation. The terrorists fled to a nearby village and we found 20 bodies. The bodies were those of the bus drivers, he told Iraqiya. Posted by: Steve White 2006-07-13 |
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