Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Mosul

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Insurgents kidnapped a Catholic archbishop and targeted security forces in a series of brazen assaults Monday that killed more than 20 people. A suicide bomber attacked U.S. Marines in Ramadi, where insurgents also beheaded two Shiite Muslims and left their bodies on a sidewalk.

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