Two Iraqi girls staying at an orphanage in Baghdad claimed they were kidnapped by US soldiers along with six other girls last week.

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1-Shots of the orphanage, children, officials, details

An orphanage in Baghdad's ar-Reshad district claimed eight girls aged 15 to 22 were kidnapped last week by US soldiers, with six still missing.

2-Interview with orphanage director (in Arabic)

The ar-Rahma orphanage director Suad Mahdi al-Hafaji said, "We asked US soldiers about the whereabouts of the girls, but they said they did not know. We have not heard from the six girls for a week."

3-Girls claiming being kidnapped

4-Interview with the girls (in Arabic)

One of the girls who says she was kidnapped, Vijdan Kazem, said, "They forced us out of the orphanage into Humvee vehicles. We asked, 'Where are you taking us?' but they hit us. They hit me on the neck with the butt of a gun. I started screaming and then they threw me from the vehicle in an area I did not know, but I managed to find my way back to the orphanage. They also told us on the road that we should say we had been kept in the orphanage against our will if asked by police."

Falah, the other girl who says she was kidnapped but managed to return, said she was released in the Alawi al-Hilla district, and soldiers gave her 2,000 dinars for a taxi back to the orphanage. She said they had asked Iraqi officials about their friends but had not received an answer.

They said the names of the girls kidnapped were Zaman Jabbar, Dumu Maan, Zainab Hamood, Fatima Askoori and Ahlam Abdullah, who is mute.

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