Another mass kidnapping in Iraq:
The Pentagon said a convoy of civilians traveling near Nasiriyah was hijacked on Thursday, while earlier in the day the Shiite-led Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant for the top leader of the country’s Sunni minority. The move was certain to inflame already raging sectarian violence.
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said preliminary reports suggested there could be as many as 14 people captured and that the convoy included about 19 vehicles.
An official familiar with the incident said preliminary reports being checked by the military indicated that the attack occurred at a checkpoint near Nasiriyah and that four Americans were believed to have been taken captive.
…The convoy was being operated by the Crescent Security Group. The company works mostly in Iraq, and its operations are based in Kuwait.
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