Gunmen Kidnap 100 From Iraq Higher Ed Office Gunmen in Iraq kidnapped as many as 100 members of the Higher Education Ministry in Baghdad on Tuesday. The education minister ordered all universities closed until security improvements are made.

Gunmen Kidnap 100 From Iraq Higher Ed Office

Gunmen Kidnap 100 From Iraq Higher Ed Office

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An Iraqi security guard investigates an Iraqi Higher Education building in Baghdad where about 100 employees and visitors were kidnapped Nov. 14, 2006. Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images hide caption

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An Iraqi security guard investigates an Iraqi Higher Education building in Baghdad where about 100 employees and visitors were kidnapped Nov. 14, 2006.

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Gunmen in Iraqi police commando uniforms kidnapped about 100 staff members from a government research institute in downtown Baghdad on Tuesday morning, in the largest mass abduction since the start of the U.S. occupation.

The education minister ordered all universities closed until security improvements are made.

Host Madeleine Brand talks to JJ Sutherland about the threat facing Iraq's academics and intellectuals.