UNIDENTIFIED GUNMEN KIDNAPPED A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT MONDAY AFTER BARGING INTO HIS HOME IN THE CITY OF RAMADI, A RELATIVE SAID ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. FOUR MEN DRAGGED ABDUL HADI RAJAB AL-HITAWI, THE PRESIDENT OF RAMADI'S ANBAR UNIVERSITY, OUT OF HIS HOME AND SHOVED HIM INTO A BLACK CAR, SAID KHALDOUN AL-ANI, AL-HITAWI'S BROTHER-IN-LAW. THE REASON FOR THE KIDNAPPING IN RAMADI, WHICH IS 115 KILOMETERS (70 MILES) WEST OF BAGHDAD, WAS NOT CLEAR. AL-HITAWI WAS KIDNAPPED FOR NEARLY A MONTH LAST YEAR, BUT WAS LATER RELEASED AFTER PAYING A RANSOM. THOUSANDS OF IRAQIS HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED IN RECENT YEARS.
