Militiamen Kidnap 3 Americans In Baghdad
January 18 2016
U.S. and Iraqi authorities are searching for three Americans who disappeared in Baghdad over the weekend, apparently after being abducted, reports the Washington Post.
The three U.S. citizens, working as contractors at Baghdad International Airport, were kidnapped on Saturday from an apartment in the capital, said a police colonel.
Shi'ite militiamen from the Dora neighborhood in southern Baghdad appear to be responsible, said the colonel.
The U.S. Embassy confirmed that...
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