The Guard Strikes Back
Those kidnapping foreigners wear special vests used only by the old Republican Guard.
August 10, 2004
MURAT Kizil and Soner Sercali are all smiles. These two mechanical engineers, who work for the Kayteks company from Turkey, are elated. They were freed by their captors early last month, after promising that they would no longer work for the coalition forces in Iraq. During the release procession, a group of masked kidnappers passed out video recordings of their speeches. We released them without any compensation because they were willing to stop
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