Thursday, November 16, 2006

Convoy of civilians hijacked in Iraq (AP)

Iraqi soldiers are deployed on the streets of Baghdad Iraq Thursday Nov. 16 2006. Deadly attacks continued in the capital with suspected insurgents and militias using guns bombs and mortar shells. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The Pentagon said a convoy of civilians traveling near Nasiriyah was hijacked on Thursday while earlier in the day the Shiite-led Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant for the top leader of the country's Sunni minority. The move was certain to inflame already raging sectarian violence.


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