Diplomat kidnapped in Iraq

A United Arab Emirates diplomat in Iraq is believed to have been kidnapped, the UAE's state news agency WAM said last night. It said that contact was lost with one of the diplomats based in the UAE embassy in Baghdad. "We believe he has been...

A United Arab Emirates diplomat in Iraq is believed to have been kidnapped, the UAE's state news agency WAM said last night.

It said that contact was lost with one of the diplomats based in the UAE embassy in Baghdad. "We believe he has been kidnapped," WAM quoted a foreign ministry official as saying.

He said the UAE was actively involved in humanitarian efforts in Iraq and was closely working with the Iraqi government and regional states to protect Iraq's unity, WAM reported.

More than 200 foreigners and thousands of Iraqis have been kidnapped since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

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