Brutal gangs suspected of infiltrating police Out of war, Iraq insurgents turn to crime
Posted: September 27, 2009 at 6:34 a.m.
The kidnappers holding an Iraqi auto mechanic's 11-year-old son gave him just two days to come up with $100,000 in ransom. When he could not, they were just as quick to deliver their punishment: They chopped off the boy's head and hands and dumped his body in the garbage.
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