Gunmen kidnapped 11 Iraqi soldiers travelling in a minibus at a fake checkpoint in a town north of Baghdad on Saturday, a joint U.S. and Iraqi policing centre said. The soldiers were wearing civilian clothes and were taken out of the bus at gunpoint after the gunmen found their military IDs, Reuters reported. The abduction took place in Udhaim, some 50 km (30 miles) north of Baquba, a volatile town which has witnessed recent sectarian violence and attacks against Iraq's U.S.-trained forces.
