Iraqi police say gunmen have seized a senior Sunni Baghdad politician.

Police say Riyadh al-Adhadah, a medical doctor and the head of the Baghdad Provincial Council, was taken away late Friday by armed men traveling in 10 black SUVs.  

It was not immediately clear whether Adhadah was arrested by security forces or abducted.   

Adhadah had been imprisoned on terrorism charges in 2012.

The Shi'ite-dominated government of prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has repeatedly accused the country's top Sunni politicians of links with armed insurgent groups.  [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Economy and Finance