BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A popular Iraqi soccer player who was a member of the country's Olympic team has been kidnapped in Baghdad, police said. Ghanim Ghudayer, 22, considered one of the best players in Baghdad's Air Force Club, was kidnapped on Sunday evening by unknown assailants in the al-Amil neighborhood where he lives in the western part of the capital, police 1st Lt. Mutaz Salahiddin said. Some of the kidnappers were dressed in military uniform, Salahiddin said. Samir Kadhim, head of the Air Force Club, said Ghudayer had been preparing to go to a training session when he was intercepted...
