Unnamed Iraqi police sources said five busloads of employees of the state-owned Great Victory factory at Taji were commandeered just north of Baghdad by dozens of gunmen in at least five cars.
(Reuters, AFP)
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A bus damaged in a bomb attack near Ba'qubah (file photo) (epa) June 21, 2006 -- Reports say gunmen have abducted at least 80 Iraqi factory workers as they were being bussed home after work.
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