GUNMEN IN CAMOUFLAGED UNIFORMS KIDNAPPED DEPUTY ELECTRICITY MINISTER RAED AL-HARES ALONG WITH BODYGUARDS IN EASTERN BAGHDAD ON TUESDAY, SECURITY OFFICIALS SAID. THE GUNMEN USED NINE FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES WHEN THEY STOPPED THE AL-HARES' CONVOY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF TALBIYA, SAID POLICE LT. AHMED QASSIM. ELEVEN OF HIS GUARDS WERE KIDNAPPED TOO, HE SAID. THE MEN WERE FORCED INTO THE KIDNAPPERS' VEHICLES AND THEIR CARS WERE LEFT BEHIND, HE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
