Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Gunmen abduct dozens at Baghdad office (AP)

Iraqi Higher Education Minister Abed Theyab talks during a news conference following kidnapping at the scientific research institute in Baghdad Iraq Tuesday Nov. 14 2006. Gunmen in Iraqi police commando uniforms kidnapped at least 50 people from a government research institute in downtown Baghdad on Tuesday morning in one of the largest mass abductions since the start of the U.S. occupation. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban)AP - Suspected Shiite militiamen dressed as Interior Ministry commandos stormed a Higher Education Ministry office Tuesday and kidnapped dozens of people after clearing the area under the guise of providing security for what they claimed would be a visit by the U.S. ambassador.


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