Iraqi PM: Mass kidnapping not terrorism

Iraq’s prime minister has blamed the mass kidnapping at an education ministry building on an inter-militia conflict.

Iraq’s prime minister has blamed the mass kidnapping at an education ministry building on an inter-militia conflict.

Nouri Maliki said yesterday’s broad-daylight kidnapping of dozens of people in Baghdad by suspected Shiite militiamen dressed as interior ministry commandos had nothing to do with terrorism.

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