Gunmen Kidnap Iraqi Bank Boss and His Son

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen wearing Iraqi special forces uniforms have kidnapped a wealthy banker and his son after killing five of their bodyguards, police said Friday. Police found the bodies of three men who had been shot execution-style in northern Baghdad.


Sunni Arabs have been complaining for months that kidnappings and murder by Shiite-led commandos operated by the Interior Ministry are driving many Sunnis into the ranks of the insurgents.

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Ghalib Abdul Hussein Kubba, director-general of the Basra International Bank, was abducted from his home in Baghdad's western Yarmouk suburb at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday, said Maj. Felah al-Mohammedawi.

The kidnappers arrived in a minibus and killed five guards at the house before seizing Kubba and his son, Hassan, who is a senior employee at the same bank, al-Mohammedawi cited relatives of the bank chief as saying.