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Gunmen kidnap dozens at Red Crescent Baghdad office

17 Dec 2006 09:31:51 GMT
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BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Gunmen wearing police uniforms kidnapped dozens of people after storming a branch of the Red Crescent in central Baghdad on Sunday, a Red Crescent official and witnesses said.

They said gunmen in pickup trucks stormed the office in Karrada, separated men from women and then took off with employees, visitors and private security guards.

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