The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Iraqi seized at wedding, later found beheaded

The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Iraqi seized at wedding, later found beheaded: "BAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi groom celebrating on the dance floor was dragged off and later found beheaded in a field after armed men showed up at his wedding.

Gunmen took away merchant Khudair al-Tamimi, 26, along with his father, uncle, cousin and a guest at the party Thursday in Muqdadiya, 50 miles northeast of Baghdad.

Their bodies were discovered Friday, beheaded and dumped in farmlands just north of the town, police said.

A raging insurgency and rising sectarian bloodshed can turn the joys of life in other countries into tragedies in Iraq, where the range of victims has been growing since a U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003."