May 29 (Reuters) - Gunmen in police uniforms kidnapped a group of Western lecturers and their bodyguards on Tuesday. The British Foreign Office confirmed that five of those kidnapped were British citizens. Scores of foreign civilians have been kidnapped in Iraq since the 2003 invasion. Most have been released, sometimes after the payment of ransom.

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