BASRA, Aug 13, SPA -- A British journalist was abducted fromhis hotel in the southern city of Basra, Iraqi police saidFriday. About 30 gunmen, including some dressed as police, stormedthe Diafa Hotel in Basra on Thursday, said Capt. HashemAbdullah. Hotel staff showed a check-in form filled in by the man,identifying himself as James Brandon, 23, a journalist forThe Sunday Telegraph.--SPA1147 Local Time 0847 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/191486