More than taken 100 hostage in Baghdad yesterday
(NEWSER) - Dozens are dead and more than 50 wounded after militants took nearly 100 hostage in a Catholic church in Baghdad yesterday, prompting Iraqi anti-terrorist forces to storm the building. Officials say most of the injuries and deaths occurred after the kidnappers set off two suicide vests, the New York Times reports. “All the terrorists” were killed and several suspects were arrested, said the minister of defense, who defended the decision to intervene and called it a "successful operation." More»
