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  • South Korean vehicles seized by armed militants in Iraq

    10/18/2005 2:55:11 AM PDT · by HAL9000 · 5 replies · 388+ views
    Yonhap News (South Korea) ^ | October 18, 2005
    SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- A total of 14 South Korean vehicles carrying aid shipments for the Iraqi people have been seized by unidentified armed militants in Iraq since last month, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. But no South Korean nationals were captured or detained during the seizures, the ministry said, adding that the vehicles all belong to the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). "The South Korean vehicles were seized near Baghdad by some armed militants on two occasions, Sept. 19 and 21, while transporting aid materials from the Jordanian port of Aqaba to Baghdad," the ministry said in...