Head of Iraq's Olympic committee kidnapped

[ProSense]

Head of Iraq's Olympic committee kidnapped

2 hours, 10 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen kidnapped the head of Iraq's Olympic committee and at least 30 employees after storming their offices in Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

The gunmen were riding in three government vehicles and wearing police uniforms when they broke into a cultural center in central Baghdad, police Lt. Thair Mahmoud said.

Mahmoud said Ahmed al-Hijiya, president of the committee, was taken around 1:30 p.m. along with other employees as they attended a conference in the neighborhood of Karradah.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060715/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Two days ago:

Gunmen Kill Iraqi National Wrestling Coach

By Associated Press
1:12 PM PDT, July 13, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunmen killed the coach of Iraq's national wrestling team in a botched abduction attempt Thursday but a player escaped, police said.

The attackers grabbed the coach, Mohammed Karim Abid Sahib, and one of his players as they left the sports center in the northern neighborhood of Kazamiyah, where the team was preparing to leave Friday for a tournament in the United Arab Emirates.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iraq-wrestlers-attacked,1,3127769.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

[AuntPatsy]

1. Let the games begin, I just wish we were aware of the rules.

I wish people would understand that in war, there trully are no winners, only profiteers.

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. Reuters is stating that 50 were kidnapped.

Here is the roster of violence for july 14 - yesterday was just another really bad day over there - one of many really bad days recently.

Something like 250 Iraqis were killed last week alone.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L15618617.htm