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News > Iraqis Storm Kidnapper's Lair

From Yahoo News via Michael Totten:

In an extraordinary assault, gunmen in the city of Fallujah stormed a kidnappers' lair and forced the overmatched militants inside to flee, freeing four Jordanian truck drivers held captive, local officials said Wednesday.

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Sheik Haj Ibrahim Jassam, a tribal leader, said he received word late Tuesday that the men were being held in a house on the edge of the city. Local leaders gathered together armed residents, who raided the house, freeing the hostages and chasing out the kidnappers, he said.

Jassam called the kidnappers "terrorists, who are not from Fallujah."

This is one more nail in the coffin for the idea that Iraqis are rising up against U.S. forces. In reality, Iraqis are rising up against Baathist militants and outsiders.