Turkish businessman kidnapped in Baghdad

A Turkish businessman has been kidnapped in Baghdad by insurgents demanding that his company stop all activities in Iraq, reports said today.

Ali Musluoglu, 48, used his mobile phone to call his brother in Turkey on Monday and told him he was being held by insurgents. One his captors then took the phone and said the Turks should halt doing business with Americans in Iraq, the brother, Ahmet Musluoglu told the Anatolia news agency.