Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Is there a Tape or Not?

"On March 8, armed men wearing police commando uniforms seized about 50 guards and employees of an Iraqi private security company.

The raid on al-Rawafid took place in the eastern Zayouna neighborhood of Baghdad.
As usual, Interior Minister Bayan Jabur was “upset” by the incident and ordered a detailed report, a high-ranking ministry official told the CNN.

Eyewitnesses and police in the area report seeing up to 50 staff being taken away from the firm's compound interior ministry pick-up trucks.

One interior ministry official told the BBC the raid was being investigated, but that those responsible were not associated with the Iraqi police. However, Reuter’s news agency says unnamed officials have told its reporters that the firm's employees had been arrested by police commandos.

When I first went to report on the incident, I had difficulty in finding the headquarters of the firm. People, mostly men, refused to tell us where the location is. No sign pointed out where the HQ is. “Let’s ask children,” I told my driver. “They are the ones who are going to tell us where the place is.”"
Baghdad Treasure

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