Dozens kidnapped at Baghdad Red Crescent office

An Iraqi woman learns that her son has been kidnapped

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen in police uniforms kidnapped dozens of people at a Baghdad branch of the Red Crescent on Sunday, the same day as Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in the capital to meet Iraq's embattled leaders.

A Red Crescent official and witnesses said the gunmen stormed the office in central Karrada in pickup trucks, separated men from women and then took off with some 25 employees,

Baghdad is plagued by daily kidnappings, both political and criminal. Last week, gunmen in camouflage fatigues abducted some 30 people in an industrial area in central Baghdad but released most of them a few hours later.

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