Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20070117-09
By Capt. David Levasseur 2nd BCT, 1st Inf. Div. PAO
BAGHDAD – A security patrol by Iraqi Army troops unexpectedly found and released a kidnapping victim in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Ameriyah Jan. 16.
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army were at a planned halt during a patrol in the Iraqi capitol when they heard yelling from a nearby home. The troops searched the home and found a local man in restraints.
The man was unable to provide the identity of any of his kidnappers and gave no indication as to why he was abducted. After questioning the victim, they released him.
The incident is under investigation.
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