Iraqi minister kidnapped south of Baghdad

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Sun, Mar 20, 2005 6:03PM

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents have kidnapped Iraqi cabinet minister Wael Abdul al-Latif and 10 of his bodyguards after ambushing his convoy south of Baghdad, police and interior ministry officials say.

They said Latif, minister of state for Iraq's provinces, was seized on Sunday near the town of Suwayra south of Baghdad.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=693474§ion=news&src=rss/uk/topNews

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Sun, Mar 20, 2005 6:19PM

In Baquba, north of Baghdad, at least 13 people were injured after an attack on an Iraqi National Guard post.

However, reports that a government minister had been kidnapped south of Baghdad turned out to be incorrect.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4366857.stm

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