AFP and the BBC are reporting a mass kidnapping of Iraqi workers, thought to be mostly Shia, from a factory in Taji, north of Baghdad.
Interestingly, Taji hosts a major US military base.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/...
"The abduction took place at a state-owned factory complex at Taji where dozens of insurgents commandeered buses taking employees home after work.
A source quoted by Reuters news agency said the number of those kidnapped was at least 100 and possibly many more.
It is the latest of a series of mass abductions of workers in Iraq, many of whom have been ransomed or killed.
The workers were taken from two factories - the Nasr and Hattin facilities - at the Taji industrial complex, police told the BBC.
The area is predominantly Sunni Arab, but most of the workers at the two factories were thought to be Shias, the Associated Press news agency reported.
Kamel Mohammed, an engineer working at the plant, told AP that he saw two of the plant's buses and a minivan intercepted by gunmen in three cars.
The gunmen also forced other workers leaving the plant in their own cars to get out and into the buses, he added."
I'll update when more details available or delete for better diary.