Breaking-- Mass abduction at Baghdad factory

[tjwash]

Story here at the BBC

Gunmen have abducted at least 80 Iraqi factory workers from a fleet of buses just north of Baghdad, officials say.

The abduction took place at a state-owned factory complex at Taji where dozens of insurgents commandeered buses taking employees home after work.

A source quoted by Reuters news agency said the number of those kidnapped was at least 100 and possibly many more.

It is the latest of a series of mass abductions of workers in Iraq, many of whom have been ransomed or killed.

Two factories at the industrial complex - the Nasr and Hattin facilities - were reportedly used to manufacture armaments under Saddam Hussein, but have now been converted to make products for civilian use.

Taji also hosts a major military base, that was once used by Iraq's armed forces and is now home to US troops.

Freedom is marching on in Iraq...

[im10ashus]

1. Glad to see the insurgency is in its last throes.

Per Cheney a YEAR ago.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/30/cheney.iraq/

[tjwash]

3. Or rummy stating that there's no civil war. Or bush saying how safe it is.

I hope this administration is proud of itself, what a bloodbath; I am just completely aghast that my country has caused this pain and misery to the Iraqi people. The wingers can all me un-american, or call me a traitor, I just don't give a fuck anymore. Human suffering on a scale like this, which has been caused as a direct result of our occupation and jack-booted rule, is unprecedented there even when they were under the iron fist rule of Hussein, and it makes me ill to hear about it.

But hey, enough of that shit. Why hasn't the liberal media reported on the factory workers that haven't been abducted?

[Philosoraptor]

5. Now we're REALLY turning the corner.

[tjwash]

7. They have turned so many corners...

...that they managed to come around full circle back to completely fucked up.

[jedicord]

4. Actually, he just said the other day he still believes that to be true.

Because black is white and white is black in their world.

[im10ashus]

6. Once again proving what an irrepressible asshole he is.

Nothing makes sense anymore. If this criminal cabal can continue to run this country into the ground without any interference, what are our choices?

[VolcanoJen]

2. Horrifying and reminiscent of WWII.

When I hear these increasingly common stories about abduction, I'm chilled to the bone... can't imagine how terrifying it would be...

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Anybody think to get the license plate numbers?

I'm so sick of this whole mess - I'm sorry to not be serious right now - it's just the same old stuff over and over. What a sewer.

Bush, you suck.