Three Americans Kidnapped in Baghdad: Reports
J.K. Trotter · 01/18/16 11:32AM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/htpc8yx3mvbzggdyoi0m/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
At least three Americans were kidnapped by militants in southern Baghdad on Saturday, according to several American and Iraqi news outlets. An unnamed official of the city’s police force confirmed the group’s disappearance to The Washington Post on Sunday evening, but their precise identities, and why exactly they were kidnapped, were initially unclear: