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IRAQ
- Current Issues
- Country Background, Politics & Law
- Human Rights Issues
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- Northern Iraq
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14.08.2007 - Source: Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Baghdad: 10 people killed in attack on bridge; deputy oil minister and 4 employees kidnapped by armed group ("Der stellvertretende irakische Ölminister entführt") [ID 21583]
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16.06.2007 - Source: BBC News
Bodies of 13 members of an Iraqi taekwondo team kidnapped more than a year ago found ("Athletes' remains found in Iraq") [ID 20616]
"The decomposed bodies of 13 members of an Iraqi taekwondo team seized a year ago have been found, officials say. Fifteen members of the team had been abducted last May in Anbar province, an al-Qaeda stronghold west of Baghdad, on their way to a training camp in Jordan. The bodies were found in western Iraq, near the town of Ramadi. Two of the team are still missing. In the past two years many Iraqi sports officials have been seized in sectarian attacks or held for ransom."
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05.01.2007 - Source: BBC News
An American and his 2 Iraqi interpreters have been taken hostage near the city of Basra ("US man seized in Iraq") [ID 19213]
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18.12.2006 - Source: ReliefWeb
Baghdad: Red Crescent stops work after kidnap ("Red Crescent staff abducted in Baghdad"), Autor: British Red Cross [ID 18061]
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18.12.2006 - Source: ReliefWeb
Baghdad: Red Crescent staff abducted ("Red Crescent staff abducted in Baghdad"), Autor: British Red Cross [ID 18062]
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18.12.2006 - Source: ReliefWeb
15 Red Crescent workers released ("Fifteen Red Crescent workers released in Iraq"), Autor: DPA [ID 18063]
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17.12.2006 - Source: ReliefWeb
Baghdad: Aid worker kidnap sows terror ("Aid worker kidnap sows terror in Baghdad"), Autor: AFP [ID 18065]
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17.12.2006 - Source: BBC News
Baghdad: Up to 30 people kidnapped from Iraqi office of the Red Crescent aid agency, officials say ("Aid workers seized in Baghdad") [ID 18092]
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17.12.2006 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Gunmen wearing police uniforms kidnapped as many as 30 people at a Red Crescent Society branch in central Baghdad ("Gunmen Stage Kidnapping At Baghdad Red Crescent Branch") [ID 18180]
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14.12.2006 - Source: BBC News
Baghdad: Gunmen in military uniforms abduct dozens of people from a commercial area ("Gunmen kidnap dozens in Baghdad") [ID 18181]
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21.11.2006 - Source: Reporters Sans Frontières
Baghdad: Famous TV comedian shot dead during kidnapping attempt ("Famous TV comedian shot dead during kidnapping attempt in Baghdad") [ID 19223]
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