Report: Militants kidnap Iraqi defense minister's brother-in-law

[Kellanved]

BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants said Wednesday they had kidnapped the brother-in-law of Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan and demanded the end of all military operations in the holy city of Najaf, according to a video, Al-Jazeera television reported.

The militants, calling themselves the "Divine Wrath Brigades," said they kidnapped Maj. Gen. Salah Hassan Lami, Shaalan's brother-in-law and the director of military affairs at the Defense Ministry, according to Al-Jazeera. A second man was also kidnapped, though it was unclear if he was related to Lami or Shaalan.

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-08-25-iraq-hostages_x.htm

[Larkspur]

1. If this whole fiasco was a Dr. Strangelove movie

I'd be ROFL LOL.

At times when I read reports out of Iraq, I feel like I'm seeing an Iraqi version of the TV Soap opera, Dallas being played out for real.

[babylon_system]

2. I wish the Bush regime was just a bad movie

I would have walked out a long time ago.