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RELEASE NUMBER: 070817-03 DATE POSTED: AUGUST 17, 2007 Gunfight ends with release of hostages, two insurgents dead By Tech. Sgt. Eric M. Grill CJSOTF-AP Public Affairs TAJI, Iraq (Courtesy of CJSOTF-AP PAO, Aug. 17, 2007) – After returning from a family member’s funeral, four women and six small children were kidnapped by armed men wearing ski masks on a Baghdad street on May 1. The women and children were taken after having to witness the execution of their male family members. They were held for more than a month’s time, during which the women endured daily rapings and beatings and...