Iraqi Diplomat Kidnapped

Al-Iraq al-Yom is a weekly newspaper issued by Isra Shakir.

Iraqi Diplomat Kidnapped

Al-Iraq al-Yom is a weekly newspaper issued by Isra Shakir.

IWPR

Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Wednesday, 12 July, 2006
Sources at the Iraqi interior ministry said on Tuesday that unidentified gunmen have kidnapped the Iraqi consular to Iran from his house in Baghdad. The sources said the gunmen raided the house of consular Wisam Abdullah al-Awadi in the Shia majority al-Amel neighbourhood and took him to an unknown destination. Awadi was on vacation to visit his family. The foreign ministry said that Awadi worked in the Iraqi consulate in Kermanshah.
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