10 tribal sheiks kidnapped in Baghdad

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10 tribal sheiks kidnapped in Baghdad

By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer 55 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - Gunmen in Baghdad snatched 10 Sunni and Shiite tribal sheiks from their cars Sunday as they were heading home to Diyala province after talks with the government on fighting al-Qaida, and at least one was later found shot to death.

The bold daylight kidnapping came as the top U.S. commander in Iraq said the threat from the terror network has been "significantly reduced" in the capital.

A suicide car bomber, meanwhile, struck a busy commercial area in the oil-rich, northern city of Kirkuk, killing at least eight people and wounding 26, police said.

A new general assumed control of the region north of Baghdad, acknowledging that violence remains high but expressing confidence that the military has al-Qaida on the run there as well.

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1. K&R, tell us again georgie how well the surge is working

all hell is gonna break loose over this one, as if it hasn't already

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2. "Let Freedom Reign!"

I wonder what the name of the next Iraq bad guy/s is going to be.