Sebelumnya, sebuah aliansi kelompok bersenjata Sunni di Irak yang dipimpin Al-Qaeda memasang gambar-gambar di Internet yang katanya menunjukkan 18 aparat kementerian dalam negeri yang diculik di Diyala, beberapa diantaranya mengenakan seragam polisi.
Earlier, an alliance of Sunni armed groups in Iraq, led by Al-Qaeda, posted pictures on the Internet that it said showed 18 kidnapped interior ministry employees from Diyala, some of them wearing police uniforms.