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Witness the mass kidnap in Baghdad
Source: CCTV.com | 11-15-2006 14:32
The kidnapping raid occurred at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. There were signs that a struggle ensued there.
One of the relatives of the kidnapped students, who witnessed the kidnapping, described what happened.
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Waleed, eyewitness said, “It was breakfast time. The employees were having their breakfast when the gunmen stormed the building. They did not come from the doors but from walls. The doors are for whom then? My niece and sister have been kidnapped.”
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Editor:Sun Luying
