TOP SUNNI POLITICIAN HELD IN BAGHDAD

BAGHDAD: Armed men in military uniform raided the home of a senior Baghdad Sunni politician overnight and whisked him and several of his guards away, police said on Saturday. “Armed men came last night and detained the head of Baghdad provincial council Riyadh al-Adhadh and four of his guards from his house in Adhamiyah,” a police colonel said. An official in the council said “Adhadh and several of his guards were abducted from his house very late at night” and taken to an unknown location. It was not clear whether the Sunni politician had been officially arrested by the authorities.