Gunmen seize four as Iraq awaits results of election

GUNMEN seized four Egyptian engineers in Baghdad yesterday, underlining Iraq’s dangers despite its recent election and steps toward democracy.

The abduction appeared to be part of an ongoing attempt by militants to disrupt the rebuilding of Iraq and came two days after the brazen kidnapping of an Italian journalist.

Giuliana Sgrena, a reporter with the communist newspaper Il Manifesto, was bundled into a car by gunmen as she conducted interviews on a Baghdad street in broad daylight.