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By Stephen Kalin and Asli Kandemir BAGHDAD/ANKARA (Reuters) - Gunmen in military uniform seized 18 Turkish workers from a sports stadium they were building in northeastern Baghdad on Wednesday, their company said, in what Ankara said appeared to have been a targeted attack. Diplomats have said Turkey could suffer reprisals after abandoning months of reticence to launch air strikes against Islamic State in neighboring Syria and open its bases to a U.S.-led coalition fighting the Sunni Muslim militants. The workers were taken in the predominantly Shi'ite district of Habibiya, Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier General Saad Maan said.More...