5 farmers kidnapped in Salah al-Din

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped five farmers east of Dalouiya on Friday evening, a local police source in the district said. “The farmers were working on their fields in the area of Misaada, (6 km) east of Dalouiya were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen and led to a remote spot as their relatives said,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Dalouiya district, administratively belonging to Salah al-Din province, lies 90 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. “Iraqi army and police forces, backed by U.S. troops, have started the search for the kidnappers in the plantations area where the incident took place,” he added. Salah al-Din, whose capital city is Tikrit, is 175 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1