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Iraq

Unidentified gunmen abduct Iraqi Taekwondo team in Ramadi

2006-05-18

Unidentified gunmen abducted on Wednesday an Iraqi Taekwondo team and two referees while they were traveling to Jordan, said a security source. The source told KUNA that communications with 17 taekwondo fighters and two referees were lost during their trip. It turned out later on that a group of gunmen abducted them in the road between Ramadi and Jordan, the sources added.

The team which consist of 17 fighters, was heading to Jordan to participate in a tournament. Ten members of the team are in the national team and two official referees of the Korean martial art in the Iraqi federation. The Iraqi security forces are conducting wide search to discover the whereabouts of the abducted sportsmen.

Posted by:Fred

#5 This is like capturing a coyote in a live trap.
Careful, careful, careful, the life you save may be your own.

Posted by: wxjames 2006-05-18 15:43

#4 These idiots don't even know what they are doing anymore. As long as it's illegal, they figure it is subverting the formation of an Iraqi govt. The have no direction, no real goal, no cohesive plan of attack or common demands. It's been reduced to simple street crime.

Posted by: Glerong Omavins3424 2006-05-18 11:36

#3 Funny, they don't *look* German...

Posted by: Seafarious 2006-05-18 02:18

#2 ...and then everybody was ~~Kung-fu~~ Taekwondo fighting!

Posted by: N guard 2006-05-18 01:31

#1 They better hope they tied them up really well, or they are in for a surprise when they come back into the room.

Aside fromthat, why the hell would someone want to kidnap the Taekwondo team? They have money riding on the match witha badasss bookie?

Posted by: Oldspook 2006-05-18 00:02

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