Iraq Hostage Stand-Off Dismissed as Exaggerated

Via Reuters …
Iraqi forces searched a town near Baghdad Monday for evidence of dozens of Shi’ites said to have been taken hostage by Sunni militants, a claim government officials said was exaggerated for political ends. Five brigades of Iraqi troops from the Interior Ministry’s special commando unit spread out through Madaen, 25 miles southeast [...]

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