Iraqi Police: Baghdad Official Taken By Gunmen

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi police officers say gunmen traveling in 10 black SUVs have seized the head of the Baghdad Provincial Council. The two officers say Riyadh al-Adhdah, a Sunni medical doctor and member of the Iraqi Islamic Party, was taken away late Friday in Baghdad's Azamiyah district.

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