Fourteen Iraqi police from a rapid reaction force based in Diyala province north of Baghdad went missing after leaving their base on Thursday to go on leave, a police source in Diyala said today. The Diyala police source said the 14 men, including a high ranking officer, left their base in western Baquba around 11 a.m. (0800 GMT) to return to their homes in an area called Saadiyet al Shat, north of Baquba. "Since then nobody has seen them. Their families are calling them, but nobody can reach them," Reuters quoted the source as saying, adding that they were in civilian cars to avoid attention. Officials at the Interior Ministry in Baghdad said they had no information on reports of the kidnapping.
