– TURKISH COMPLICATION – 16 KIDNAPPED IN BAGHDAD

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Just recently the Islamic State added Turkey, initially their godfather, to their long list of enemies responding to the new cooperation between U.S and Turkey in fighting I.S.I.S.

Masked men, on Wednesday 09/02/2015 dawn,  in military uniforms kidnapped 16 Turkish workers and engineers in Baghdad, bundling them into several SUVs and speeding away, Iraqis security officials said.

The workers were taken in the northeastern district of Habibiya, ministry spokesman Brigadier General Saad Maan told Reuters.

Officials say the 16 are employed by a Turkish construction company contracted to build a sports complex in the sprawling Shia district of Sadr City. he kidnappers stormed the construction site, where the workers were sleeping in caravans, and disarmed the guards before taking the workers away.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry confirmed that 16 Turkish nationals were, indeed, kidnapped in Baghdad ,  Last year 46 Turkish citizens were seized by Islamic State militants in Mosul, but were released unharmed after more than three months in captivity.

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