A SUICIDE BOMBER BLEW HIMSELF UP IN A RESTAURANT IN BAGHDAD ON WEDNESDAY, KILLING SEVEN PEOPLE AND WOUNDING 31, POLICE SAID, WHILE GUNMEN KIDNAPPED 17 PEOPLE IN AN AMBUSH ON A BUS STATION NORTH OF THE CAPITAL. THE ATTACK ON THE RESTAURANT OCCURRED IN NEW BAGHDAD, A NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE CITY, LOCAL POLICE CHIEF COL. AHMED ABOUD SAID. EARLIER REPORTS SAID IT WAS A PARKED CAR BOMB, BUT ABOUD SAID THE BOMBER DETONATED HIS EXPLOSIVES IN THE RESTAURANT. GUNMEN ALSO STORMED THE BUS STATION IN MUQDADIYAH, ABOUT 90 KILOMETERS (60 MILES) NORTH OF BAGHDAD , ABDUCTING 17 CIVILIANS AND TAKING THEM TO AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION, POLICE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. LAWMAKER SHEIK JALALUDDIN AL-SAGHIR TOLD A SESSION OF PARLIAMENT THAT 50 TO 60 IRAQIS WERE ABDUCTED IN THE ATTACK.
