UPI is reporting  that unknown gunmen kidnapped Samir Salim al-Attar, the acting undersecretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology Monday.  There is currently no confirmation of the report on the Multi-national Forces - Iraq website, but the original report from the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) can be found here.  The sources for the Kuwaiti article said that the gunmen abducted Al-Attar while he was returning to his house in Baghdad.  The Minister of Science and Technology, Raed Fahmi, confirmed the kidnapping during a phone interview with KUNA.   With the earlier kidnapping of Oil Undersecretary Abduljabbar Al-Wakka', and attacks and sabotage against the electrical grid, the economic aspect of the enemy's strategy remains key to defeating the Coalition.  The Iraqi Ministry of Science and Technology was established in 2003 based on the same concept as the Science and Technology Commission set up in post-WW II...(Read Full Post)