- MOSUL (AFP) -- An Iraqi man
who owns a laundry and a restaurant on a US military base in this northern
Iraqi city was found with his hands cut off and an eye gouged out, the
police said today.
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- Accused of "collaborating" with the US forces,
Yunes Mohamed Ali, 58, was kidnapped while driving in his car on June 29.
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- The kidnappers demanded a $US20,000 ($27,750) ransom
from his family, who handed over the money, said police commander Rael
Faez Nafal.
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- The victim was found dumped by the roadside yesterday
in the region of Kukeji, east of Mosul, 370 kilometres north of Baghdad.
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- After examining the amputations, Mosul hospital Doctor
Walid Jassem said the kidnappers had "some knowledge of surgery".
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