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Iraqi Gunmen Kill 5 Guards, Kidnap Iraqi Businessman
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=11017DE:3919ACA Police say
director-general of Basra International Bank was abducted from his
home in Baghdad late Thursday, along with his son Iraqi police say
gunmen wearing Iraqi special forces uniforms have kidnapped a wealthy
businessman and his son, after killing five of their bodyguards.

Police say Ghalib Abdul Hussein Kubba, director-general of the Basra
International Bank, was abducted from his home in Baghdad late
Thursday, along with his son.

Police say no demands have been made so far.

Separately, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a House of
Representatives committee the perpetrators of the abuse shown in the
latest Abu Ghraib images have already been punished.

The Iraqi government and public expressed outrage at the images, which
were first shown on Australian television this week. Prime Minister
Ibrahim al-Jaafari's office condemned the abuse. Some information for
this report was provided by AP and Reuters.


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