2 Sunni coaches are abducted in Baghdad; Lawmakers Spar

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Nov 1, 4:55 PM EST

2 Sunni coaches are abducted in Baghdad

By SAMEER N. YACOUB
Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Gunmen seized two Sunni coaches from a youth club Wednesday in Baghdad, while authorities searched for dozens of Shiites abducted along a dangerous highway north of the capital in another outbreak of Iraq's relentless tit-for-tat sectarian violence.

The U.S. military also reported the deaths of a soldier in fighting Tuesday in volatile Anbar province west of Baghdad, and a Marine killed in a non-combat related incident, raising to 105 the number of American service members killed in October - the fourth deadliest month since the war began.

Meanwhile, frustration over poor turnout in Iraq's parliament flared, with the body's speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani having to be physically restrained from attacking a fellow Sunni lawmaker.

Armed men driving four SUVs drove up to a youth club on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad and seized Khalid Nejim, the basketball federation chief who also was a coach for the national basketball team, and Issam Khalef, who coached blind athletes.

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