BBC NEWS | Middle East | Kidnappers seize Iraqi minister

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Kidnappers seize Iraqi minister: "Gunmen have kidnapped an Iraqi deputy health minister from his home in Baghdad, security sources have said.

Several men, some in uniform, arrived in police cars and pick-up trucks to seize Ammar al-Saffar, police said.

Mr Saffar's kidnap comes less than a week after dozens of people were abducted from the education ministry."