20 released in Baghdad mass kidnapping

The Iraqi prime minister's office said only 45 to 50 people had been kidnapped in a lightning raid on a Baghdad higher education office today, and 20 of them had been released.

Tue, 14 Nov, 2006 - 19:03

The Iraqi prime minister's office said only 45 to 50 people had been kidnapped in a lightning raid on a Baghdad higher education office today, and 20 of them had been released.

Higher Education Minister Abed Theyab initially said as many as 150 had been kidnapped, but his spokesman Basil al-Khatib later put the figure at about 130.