Gunmen kill 12 workers south of Baghdad

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 12 Iraqi construction workers on Monday during an attack in the town of Mussayyib, south of Baghdad, police said.

A police source said the attackers, who arrived in two cars, also kidnapped the contractor who had hired the workers.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2005-10-24T061949Z_01_MOR422772_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-WORKERS.xml

Wonder if the construction workers were US or Iraqi? Been searching for more info, but can't seem to find anything.

[Eugene]

1. AP: Insurgents Step Up Lethal Attacks in Iraq

Insurgents Step Up Lethal Attacks in Iraq


Monday October 24, 2005 10:46 AM

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By THOMAS WAGNER

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Stepped-up attacks by insurgents over the last
two days have killed at least 44 Iraqis, including 12 laborers - five
of them brothers - who were gunned down at a construction site, police
said Monday.

In addition, the bodies of eight Iraqis who apparently were kidnapped
and killed in captivity were found in the capital on Monday, police
said.

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Monday's worst attack occurred in southwestern Baghdad when suspected
insurgents opened fire at two civilian cars, killing three of the
municipal workers they were carrying and a passer-by, said police
Capt. Talib Thamir.

A suicide car bomber killed two Iraqis and wounded five in an attack
on a police patrol in the northeastern neighborhood of Shaab, where
insurgents had kidnapped and murdered a defense lawyer in Saddam
Hussein's trial last week, said police Lt. Malik Sultan.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5365585,00.html