Word: tahsin
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...relative of the Iraqi civilian spokesman for security, Tahsin al-Sheikhli, who was kidnapped from his Baghdad home on Thursday, told TIME that the family suspected breakaway elements of the Mahdi Army to be behind the kidnapping. The gunmen also beat members of Sheikhli's family, killed three of his bodyguards - also from the Mahdi Army - and set the home on fire. So far no demands have been made...
...bomb had also been detonated outside a hospital in Andalus Square in central Baghdad. In the district of Khadamiya, a joint American and Iraqi force fought a gun battle Thursday afternoon against armed militants. And local media reported that unidentified gunmen had kidnapped government civilian spokesman for security, Tahsin al-Sheikli, from his home in the al-Amin district of Baghdad, setting the building on fire as they left...
...Tahsin, 26, a laborer, has just left the city by foot after the arrest of his brother, whom he saw militiamen beat down with the butts of their guns. Working off his fear, Tahsin says vehemently, "They are shooting people who are saying anything against them, and you don't know who they are because they are all dressed like civilians." He says the Baath Party members and militia fighters use civilians' houses as refuges. And some have mounted mortars on the backs of pickups that can move quickly after firing. The British are wary about returning fire into civilian...