Ramadi news item - bad news almost definitely. The governor of Al-Anbar, the Iraqi province with Ramadi in it says he will resign if kidnappers release three of his sons who were taken four days ago. According to google news, this hasn't hit any American or British papers yet. The story is in this article published in the Chinese (English language website) Xinhua online, this article from the South African News24, and this article from the Hindustan Times of India. The last article is from the French AFP newswire.

"I am ready to comply to your demands, and if you believe my presence in the city of Ramadi, the provincial capital, does not serve the interests of the region, I am ready to go," Abdul Karim Burghis al-Rawi said in an open letter.
However, Burghis defended his period of office, saying that he ordered the delivery of food and medicine to Fallujah residents when the city was under siege by the US forces in April.
On July 28, unidentified gunmen stormed the governor's home in the flashpoint city of Ramadi, kidnapping his three sons aged between 15 and 30 and setting ablaze part of the house while the official was at work.

My mind keeps coming back to Mark A.R. Kleiman's question, Why is it pro-war to pretend things are going well?