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Ammar al-Saffar

More than 20 gunmen stormed the house of Iraq's deputy health minister Ammar al-Saffar and abducted him. Al-Saffar's abduction came as U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi forces continued searching for five Western security contractors seized... [more]

More than 20 gunmen stormed the house of Iraq's deputy health minister Ammar al-Saffar and abducted him. Al-Saffar's abduction came as U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi forces continued searching for five Western security contractors seized in southern Iraq as well as hostages taken in a mass kidnapping at a Baghdad research institute.

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