Farmer claims insurgents took soldiers

Monday, June 19, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An Iraqi farmer said Sunday that he saw seven heavily armed gunmen capture two American soldiers during an attack on a road checkpoint south of Baghdad, while U.S. troops searched for their comrades for a second day.

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