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3 American contractors missing in Iraq
CNN ^ | January 18, 2016

Posted on 01/18/2016 6:38:24 AM PST by nuconvert

Three American contractors are missing in Iraq, a senior security official in Baghdad says.

"A company filed a report Sunday about three of its staff going missing. ... They are American contractors. We are looking into this report," the official told CNN.

Separately, an Iraqi security official with knowledge of the case said that two of the contractors are dual Iraqi-American citizens and that the third is an American national.

Gunmen grabbed the men at an apartment in Baghdad's southeastern Dora neighborhood late Friday afternoon, the source said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baghdad; contractors; hostages; iraq; kidnap; missing

1 posted on 01/18/2016 6:38:24 AM PST by nuconvert
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FOX reporting that they may have been taken by Shia militia.

More barter material for Iran


2 posted on 01/18/2016 6:40:02 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert
"Gunmen grabbed the men at an apartment in Baghdad's southeastern Dora neighborhood..."

Word is in that area probably a brothel. Basic Situational Awareness fail: "don't get caught with your pants down"

3 posted on 01/18/2016 6:45:33 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: nuconvert
More barter material for Iran

Obama has created a new cottage industry.

4 posted on 01/18/2016 6:46:19 AM PST by oldbrowser (The republican party is the voters, not the politicians.)
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To: Psalm 73

One reporter familiar with Iraq, said that any house where people gather is called a brothel, whether it is or not.


5 posted on 01/18/2016 6:47:01 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

Thanks. I was wondering who they were. I thought I read yesterday that a fourth, a translator was also taken. Maybe not.


6 posted on 01/18/2016 6:48:38 AM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: nuconvert
Seems pretty convenient to me. Almost as if Iran...a day after releasing hostages...puts in an order to restock.

I know that sounds pretty cynical but 7 years of an obama presidency will do that.

7 posted on 01/18/2016 6:50:11 AM PST by pgkdan (Trump/Cruz 2016!)
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To: pgkdan

Not cynical at all


8 posted on 01/18/2016 7:03:39 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

These are Iraqis that became Americans; barter is probably the BEST they can hope for.


9 posted on 01/18/2016 7:07:54 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: nuconvert

Exactly my thoughts when I first heard of the kidnapping. Either suggested by our administration or just enterprising jihadis who see that America deals with them now.


10 posted on 01/18/2016 7:17:30 AM PST by outinyellowdogcountry
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To: pgkdan
My thought also.

Various rumors circulate. One report mentioned they were looking for prostitutes?

11 posted on 01/18/2016 9:18:55 AM PST by Dante3
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