Armed Group Kidnaps 31 Iraqi Policemen

An armed group of enemy Iraqis kidnapped a group of 31 Iraqi policemen who were returning to Jordan for follow up training. The police officers were abducted Sunday, when gunman stormed the hotel that the officers were staying at in the town of Rutba. The attacks were part of a series of violent strikes that have taken place across Sunni Muslim Fallujah. The violence surrounding the kidnapping has made this November one of the bloodiest months of the Iraqi invasion. The enemy Iraqi took the mobile phones, cameras and documents from the unarmed policemen. Most of the policemen were from Diyala province, which lies north and east of Baghdad. The Iraqi rebellions have repeatedly targeted new members of the Iraqi security forces that the U.S. military has been training. On Saturday, the U.S. military declared the one-time rebel stronghold in Fallujah completely occupied but not subdued after a nearly week-long battle. But pockets of insurgents remain, and U.S. and Iraqi forces are still fighting.