Gunmen wearing Iraqi police commando uniforms kidnapped up to 150 staff and visitors in a lightning raid on a government research institute in downtown Baghdad on Tuesday. It was quick operation. It took about 10 to 15 minutes," Theyab said. "It was a four-story building and the gunmen went to the four stories."
Makki said the gunmen had a list of names of those to be taken.
Police and witnesses said about 80 gunmen were involved in the raid the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Scholarships and Cultural Relations Directorate in the downtown Karradah district. The institute is responsible for granting scholarships to Iraqi professors and students wishing to study abroad.
For the older People on here, Does this seem like Vietnam, and Cambodia all over again? Killing anyone who would fight for a democratic society? I was a kid at that time, but from all I read, it sounds like it to me.
2006-11-14 00:26:29 · 1 answers · asked by Common Sense 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Yes, except the fact that there is more information available to people who want to learn what's happening.
Iraq is a mass like never before because of US intervention in the ME affairs.
2006-11-14 00:42:37 · answer #1 · answered by Pishisauraus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋