3 missing Americans in Baghdad kidnapped from brothel

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3 missing Americans in Baghdad kidnapped from brothel
Source: Xinhua

BAGHDAD, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Three American contractors went missing in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad were kidnapped from a brothel apartment, while Iraqi security forces carried out a search operation, security sources said on Monday.

Brigadier General Saad Maan, spokesman of Baghdad Operations Command, told reporters here that the three persons with U.S. citizenship were kidnapped while they were inside a brothel apartment in al-Saha neighborhood in Doura district.

Iraqi security forces have carried out a search campaign in the surrounding neighborhoods, looking for the kidnapped, while an investigation has been launched into the incident, said Maan whose command is responsible for security in the Iraqi capital.

Full story: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/18/c_135021149.htm

-- Xinhua 2016-01-19

[trogers]

Should have installed those Manhattan booths in the Green Zone...

[ezzra]

So no happy ending for those 3 I guess Huh?.....

[petermik]

3 in the brothel at the same time................discounted rates or an orgy in the offing

UNLUCKY

[colinneil]

Thats what you call caught with your pants down.

[Minnie the Minx]

Or on a downstroke.

[Jingthing]

I don't think being kidnapped is really funny.

[nottocus]

I guess they will be the ones giving head now…literally.

[slapout]

The additional info as to where they were kidnapped from, might rule the wives out as a source of ransom funds. They might want to stay in the safety of the kidnappers instead of going home to face the wrath of the women folk.

[happyinthailand]

Not particularly amusing comments as it is quite possible that they will be beheaded or set on fire or thrown off a building or drowned in a cage....all in front of a video camera for propaganda purposes

[Chicog]

I don't think being kidnapped is really funny.

Have you heard of the phrase "Som num na"?

I mean how <deleted> stupid are they?

[bark]

I don't think being kidnapped is really funny.

But honey the other 2 guys, forced me to come along. I just sat there and watch TV.

[steven100]

should be alot more careful in dangerous places .....

[sanukjim]

A monkey crossing a rail track wasn't very fast and lost about an inch off his tailLooking back at the missing piece the next train cut off his head. Same here I suppose.Loosing one's head over a piece of til.. So sad.

[Scouse123]

Not the wisest decision the guys have ever made.

Going to a brothel in a country where the USA and UK are hated and despised. Crime and murder rates are still running and epidemic levels

An accident waiting to happen!

Let's hope they get them back and quickly!

[JHolmesJr]

A honeypot….amazingly it still works.

[djlest]

Contracting in these countries should be stopped now.

[DoctorG]

This story will only add to the grief of their families.

[Chicog]

This story will only add to the grief of their families.

I suspect they've moved onto the anger phase by now.

[smotherb]

So no happy ending for those 3 I guess Huh?.....

That is why I have always preferred the happy beginning.

[manarak]

I don't think being kidnapped is really funny.

Have you heard of the phrase "Som num na"?

I mean how <deleted> stupid are they?

I don't think they were particularly stupid - they could also have been blown up in a café while having breakfast or by a roadside bomb. Why is going to a brothel particularly stupid?

[Ulic]

So no happy ending for those 3 I guess Huh?.....

Hopefully they had the human decency to wait until they were on the way out.

[Chicog]

I don't think being kidnapped is really funny.

Have you heard of the phrase "Som num na"?

I mean how <deleted> stupid are they?

I don't think they were particularly stupid - they could also have been blown up in a café while having breakfast or by a roadside bomb. Why is going to a brothel particularly stupid?

You really need to ask?

Do you think contractors just live in condos scattered around Baghdad? (If they do, they really are <deleted> stupid!).

[Doc46]

I don't think being kidnapped is really funny.

I agree, especially when you are up to your nuts in guts, so to speak.

[ggt]

Brothel? Surely this must be a misprint...everyone knows that Muslims would never allow this into their culture of the highest morals...they prefer to go to western countries where those infidels have so much wicked fun...to do the deed...

Edited January 19, 2016 by ggt

[mankondang]

Errr ...so now Baghdad brothels employ American contractors.

[JHolmesJr]

I don't think being kidnapped is really funny.

I agree, especially when you are up to your nuts in guts, so to speak.

Must be hell.....not knowing if you're coming or going.

[Andaman Al]

I don't think being kidnapped is really funny.

Have you heard of the phrase "Som num na"?

I mean how <deleted> stupid are they?

I don't think they were particularly stupid - they could also have been blown up in a café while having breakfast or by a roadside bomb. Why is going to a brothel particularly stupid?

What we all want to hear is what your definition of stupid is. It should be a blinder, come on tell us.........pleeeeeease!

[Tchooptip]

Why on earth this absolutely unnecessary detail: from brothel? Those unfortunate men's lives are in great danger, so they were kidnapped dot.

[Smokin Joe]

The story I read said it was not a brothel. Apparently that was just a fake headline to gain readership.

One of them was a female and they were kidnapped while at her apartment. Since some of locals refer to any place a foreign female lives as a "Brothel" the newsies decided that was close enough to publish it as fact.

Of course maybe the story I read is all made up also.