TV grab shows the identification card of a senior
Iraqi official. Adel Qazaz, head of Iraq's North Oil Company, was
stopped by gunmen shortly after leaving the Oil Ministry, July 16, 2006.
(CCTV Photo) |
BAGHDAD, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified gunmen
abducted a senior Iraqi oil official in Baghdad on Sunday, a well-informed
government source said.
Adel Qazaz, head of Iraq's North Oil Company, was
stopped by gunmen shortly after leaving the Oil Ministry, said the source,
adding that Qazaz was then snatched from his car and taken away. The state-run
North Oil Company manages Iraq's northern oilfields.
On Saturday, gunmen kidnapped head of Iraq's Olympic
Committee Ahmed al-Hadjiya along with dozens of others in central Baghdad.
Kidnapping has become almost a daily phenomenon in Iraq as violence continues to
infest the country over three years after the U.S.-led invasion. Enditem
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