GUNMEN KIDNAPPED 16 EMPLOYEES OF THE BAGHDAD TRADING COMPANY AL SAEED IMPORT EXPORT ON MONDAY, INTERIOR MINISTRY SOURCES SAID, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. THE ABDUCTIONS TOOK PLACE IN THE UPSCALE MANSOUR DISTRICT OF THE CAPITAL. THOUSANDS OF IRAQIS HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED IN THE BLOODY CHAOS THAT HAS GRIPPED THE COUNTRY SINCE A U.S.-LED INVASION TOPPLED SADDAM HUSSEIN IN 2003.