Baghdad, March 8, SPA - Five employees of the U.S. construction company Bechtel were kidnapped Tuesday on the highway near Tuz, 230 kilometers north of Baghdad, police said. Police said gunmen intercepted a vehicle belonging to Bechtel and abducted all five occupants. The nationalities of the passengers were not immediately known. --SPA 1246 Local Time 0946 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/245046