U.S. and Iraq hunt for kidnapped Americans

Search operations were underway Monday for 3 Americans kidnapped from a “suspicious apartment” in Baghdad, in a singular abduction of Western nationals in a Iraqi capital.

Daesh (ISIS), that overran vast areas in 2014, has abducted thousands of people in Iraq, while Shiite paramilitary army against to a militants have also carried out kidnappings.

Both American army and Shiite paramilitaries are battling Daesh, though family between a dual sides have been tense, generally due to fighting between them in a years after a 2003 U.S.-led advance of Iraq.

The abduction of a Qataris came a small over 3 months after gunmen seized 18 Turks in Baghdad.

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