Security forces seized in Baghdad

In an internet statement released on Saturday, the self-styled Islamic State of Iraq said the men would be killed unless the government released all Sunni women held in Iraq's prisons within 48 hours.

The group also posted still images showing the purported captives dressed in brown army and blue police uniforms, blindfolded and handcuffed.

The movement's claim to have captured the men could not be independently verified.

The group demanded the release of "Muslim Sunni sisters who are in the prisons of the interior" ministry, in the statement posted on a website used by Iraqi armed groups.

"The Islamic State of Iraq gives the government of [Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki] 48 hours to meet its demands or it will execute the rule of God on them," it said.

The Iraqi government has not yet responded to the group's claim or to its demands.

Other demands

The group also told the government hand over to it agents from Iraq's interior ministry who are accused of involvement in the widely publicised alleged rape of a Sunni woman.

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