Khalaf said armed gunmen knocked at the door to his home and seized him when he answered the door. There were apparently no guards at the time of the attack and no gunfire, he said.
Interior Ministry spokesman Colonel Adnan Abdul-Rahman identified the contractor as Lebanese American Radim Sadeq, a contractor in a mobile phone company.
The US Embassy said yesterday it was checking on reports of the kidnapping but could not confirm an American was taken.
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