The news out of Baghdad gets worse all the time

You remember Baghdad, that city which has been targeted with intense efforts to bring control? Except for daring daylight raids that is. Oh yeah, and the car and suicide bombings. Can't forget those.

Gunmen in military uniforms kidnapped dozens of people today from a commercial area in central Baghdad.

The attackers drove up to the busy al-Sanak area in about 10 SUVs and began rounding up shop owners and bystanders.

Two police officers said 50 to 70 people were abducted.

The assault came nearly a month after gunmen in Interior Ministry commando uniforms abducted scores of men from a Higher Education Ministry office building.

It also adds to the confusion when gunmen don military garb. No one knows if its really the military or imposters.

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Cross posted at Brilliant at Breakfast