Dozens of Iraqi Transport Workers Abducted

(Baghdad) Dressed in police uniforms, armed terrorists swept through a section of Baghdad and abducted transportation company workers earlier today.

From Financial Times:

They carried out what appeared to be a coordinated operation along a street that is home to several firms offering transport to Syria and Jordan, police said.

"It took them about five minutes to take people away. One, two, three, four -- one after another," said witness Hamza Ali, recalling the men with rifles and strapped with grenades who suddenly showed up in 10 pickup trucks.

The motive for the abductions was unclear but businesses have been hit by kidnappers for various reasons such as ransom, revenge killings and religious rivalry.

Fifteen Syrians were also reportedly kidnapped.