The quagmire continues

Donald — 6/27/2004 4:14:53 AM (archived)

Three Turks Held in Iraq; Blast Kills 19

By FISNIK ABRASHI
Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Militants loyal to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said Saturday they have kidnapped three Turkish workers and threatened to behead them in 72 hours, heightening tensions as President Bush visited Turkey.

In new violence, an explosion possibly from a car bomb ripped through downtown Hillah, a largely Shiite Muslim city south of Baghdad, killing 19 people and wounding around 60, a senior Iraqi police official said. The official described the blast as a vicious attack on Iraqi civilians.

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The quagmire continues - Donald - 6/27/2004 4:14:53 AM
- You desperately wish, even as you ignore everything else. good luck. (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/27/2004 1:29:56 PM
- Is Iraq a quagmire for Turkey now? Am I missing something? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/27/2004 4:44:33 AM
  - Yeah, you are. (And welcome back. :-)) - Bowser - 6/27/2004 2:47:50 PM
    - Turkey may not have had these fears if they had allowed the 4th ID to come down from the north. - RobVG - 6/27/2004 3:53:07 PM
      - Would have been the same problem. - Bowser - 6/27/2004 9:49:19 PM
        
        Not exactly. - RobVG - 7/5/2004 1:36:52 PM
        
        Maybe. - RobVG - 6/27/2004 11:31:36 PM
    - probably not a literal quagmire in the sense of...... - Publius - 6/27/2004 3:02:21 PM

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