10 workers at Baghdad bakery kidnapped

[Judi Lynn]

10 workers at Baghdad bakery kidnapped
25 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen seized 10 workers from a bakery Sunday in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad, while police found the bodies of 11 other people shot elsewhere in Iraq.

The gunmen arrived in two cars, broke into the bakery in the northern suburb of Kazimiyah and abducted the 10 workers, police Lt. Mohammed Khayoun said. The kidnappings came a day after a mortar shell hit a well-known market in same neighborhood, killing four people and wounding 13.

It was one of a series of attacks that killed more than two dozen people Saturday despite heightened security, dealing a blow to the Iraqi government's pledge to bring peace to the capital.

On Sunday, police found the bullet-riddled bodies of 10 men who apparently had been tortured in several areas of Baghdad, said Lt. Thaer Mahmoud.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060618/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_violence

[saigon68]

1. FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH

Shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[Eugene]

2. Al Zarqawi may be gone, but nothing has changed.

We have indeed turned a corner in Iraq. The occupation/coalition/Iraqi government
just threw a massive security effort at the civil war with zero lasting effect.
Iraq is progressing all right... in reverse.

[adriennui]

3. bakery workers are the spawn of satan

you never know what evil is being cooked up at those bake shops.

[Barrett808]

4. What is it with killing bakers? They're targeted along with barbers...

...video stores, alcohol sellers. But why are bakers offensive to jihadis?

[3waygeek]

5. One of the byproducts of yeast

metabolism is ethanol, strictly forbidden for Muslims. Another byproduct is carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas -- so the jihadis are just doing their part to curb global warming. :sarcasm:

[Captain Hilts]

6. Someone didn't get the 'land, bread and peace' memo of winning allies. nt