Monday, July 17, 2006

Oil and Gas: Head of Iraqi oil company kidnapped

An Iraqi Oil Ministry official has said the head of Iraq's North Oil Company, Adel Qazaz, has been kidnapped in Baghdad.

Travelling in a plain, unofficial car to avoid attention, Mr Qazaz was being driven back to the northern oil capital of Kirkuk following a meeting at the Oil Ministry when gunmen in two cars forced his vehicle to stop in northern Baghdad.