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Americans reported kidnapped from Baghdad 'brothel' named
[FOXNEWS] A group of Americans who disappeared in Baghdad over the weekend were kidnapped from their interpreter's apartment, according to multiple Iraqi sources.One of the Americans is a woman, The Wall Street Journal reports.A police official identified the woman as Iraqi-American Russel Furat. An Iraqi military official told the newspaper the two men kidnapped are Iraqi-American Wael al-Mahdawy and Egyptian-American Amro Mohammed. A police major general described the apartment as a brothel, The Washington Post reports, adding that it was subject to frequent raids by Shiite militias. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... many people in the region refer to any building that accepts foreigners as a "brothel," and the Iraqi military reportedly denied that was the apartment's use. "We are in very direct contact with the Iraqi authorities... there is a very full effort going to find them as soon as possible," Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... told Fox News Monday. An Iraqi intelligence official told the News Agency that Dare Not be Named that the Americans were invited into the apartment in the neighborhood of Dora. After they were kidnapped, they were taken to Sadr City, at which point the official said, "all communications and contact stopped." A front man for Baghdad's Joint Operations Command told The Washington Post that the three citizens were Iraqis who had acquired U.S. citizenship. A Baghdad police official said they worked as contractors at Baghdad International Airport, but did not say which country employed them. There were no immediate claims of responsibility. Kidnappings in Iraq have been carried out by ISIS, Shiite militias and criminal gangs often demanding ransom payments or seeking to resolve workplace disputes. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-19 |
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