Gunmen kidnapped a senior official of Iraq’s oil ministry after he left work in Baghdad on Thursday, police and ministry sources said on Friday, highlighting the lawlessness still afflicting the vital sector. The incident happened the same day U.S. troops killed Iraq’s al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose demise the Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said would help improve the country’s oil production, particularly in the north. Full Story