Falastin Street or Palestine Street is a street located in Eastern Baghdad. A city-centre street in Frankfurt, Germany A residential street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA A street is a public thoroughfare in the built environment. ... The term Eastern can have multiple meanings depending on its context. ... Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...

A recent incident took place on Falastin street where a number of Westerners were kidnapped, in a snatch operation that reportedly involved up to 40 gunmen traveling in an official-looking convoy.

A security source told told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) that the incident took place in Falastin Street, eastern Baghdad. "Gunmen stopped a vehicle and brought out its passengers, believed to be carrying German passports, at gunpoint, and took them in a vehicle to an unknown place," said the source, who declined to be named. Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...

According to the Iraqi Interior Ministry official, the New York Times reports, the attack took place just outside the Technology and Information Directorate, a section of the Finance Ministry located on Palestine Street, a religiously mixed area near Sadr City. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

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