Basra International Airport Chief Kidnapped
Basra, Oct 9, (VOI) - Unknown gunmen, late on Tuesday, forced the director of Basra international airport at gunpoint to an unknown destination, eyewitnesses said.
“Unknown gunmen kidnapped Abdul Razzaq Qassem, director of Basra airport, late on Tuesday outside his house in the housing compound annexed to the airport,” an eyewitness told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
Another eyewitness said “the gunmen forced Qassem at gunpoint to an unknown destination after they fired at and stopped his car.”
A third witness said that Qassem survived the shooting unharmed but the gunmen forced him out of his car and headed toward an unknown location.
The airport’s housing compound, where the airport staff along with their families reside, is protected by Iraqi police checkpoints.
Iraqi authorities could not be immediately reached for a comment.
Basra, a predominantly Shiite province, is 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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Basra…now there’s a messed up city. Who the freak knows who did this one. Take your best guess. Badr, Pig-Boy, or the Iraniacs?
October 9th, 2007 at 1:32 pmHey, I thought the Brits had the situation at Basra Airport all stabilized…and that was why they’re withdrawing more troops.
October 9th, 2007 at 7:29 pmThose stupid cowards!
September 14th, 2008 at 12:25 pmHey, who are those stupid cowards? I hope it’s not the british soldiers that are out there that you’re talking about. Your’re not being particularly fair as i’ve done two tours there and all British Soldiers are above all extremely professional and proud to serve primarily for their country, but secondly alongside the US Army, USMC and US Navy among other nationalities forces. I have worked closely with enough US troops in HQ MND(SE) to know that it’s not easy working in that particular environment but there’s no way that I would say that anybody is a coward. We’ve all signed on the dotted line and I for one have served in enough dangerous places to warrant not being called a coward. If you’re still calling us cowards, then you’re directly including me in that statement which I feel deeply offended by. I hope you are good enough to respond to this message in order for you to give your point across and hopefully to point out that your statement is in fact false. Thank you.