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31 Years After Terrorists Murdered Malcolm Kerr, His Son Coaches on Brink of NBA Title
Breitbart ^ | 16 Jun 2015 | DANIEL J. FLYNN

Posted on 06/16/2016 11:41:51 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Thirty-one-years ago, Islamic terrorists murdered the president of the American University of Beirut. Tonight, his son coaches a Golden State Warriors team on the verge of an NBA championship.

“The president of the American University of Beirut, Malcolm H. Kerr, was killed here today when unidentified gunmen fired two bullets into his head while he was walking to his office,” Thomas Friedman reported from Beirut on January 18, 1984. The New York Times correspondent continued, “Dr. Kerr, carrying his briefcase in one hand and an umbrella in the other, stepped off the elevator on the third floor and walked about 12 paces, heading for his office at the end of the hallway…. A split second later the two gunmen stepped forward, either from the elevator or the stairwell just to the right of it, and one of them quickly pumped two bullets into Dr. Kerr’s head with a silencer-equipped revolver.”

Kerr, whose parents taught at the institution, took the job after the kidnapping of his predecessor. He dismissed the bodyguards assigned to him and walked tall as a recognizable figure on the campus not-so cloistered from the chaos that surrounded. Seventeen months after Kerr’s tenure as president began, it ended for the 52-year-old with a coward’s bullet to the back of his head.

“We are responsible for the assassination of the president of the American University of Beirut, who was a victim of the American military presence in Lebanon,” a group calling itself Islamic Holy War, believed to be Hezbollah, told Agence France-Presse. “We also vow that not a single American or Frenchman will remain on this soil.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Syria; US: New York; War on Terror
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1 posted on 06/16/2016 11:41:51 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I had no idea Steve Kerr’s dad was killed by terrorists in Beirut.
I wish him luck tonight.


2 posted on 06/16/2016 12:22:02 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: nickcarraway; Liberty Valance

When Kerr was playing for the Bulls, I read an article where the interviewer was asking him about how he dealt with the chants of “where’s your daddy?” that he was subjected to when he was playing college ball for Arizona (I think against ASU). Ugh...


3 posted on 06/16/2016 12:55:15 PM PDT by philled (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: philled

Kerr was a class act playing for Arizona. Also a great guard.


4 posted on 06/16/2016 2:14:48 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: philled

I was going to UA back then, and I remember how Steve Kerr dealt with those chants (of “PLO, PLO”) during that ASU game. By hitting something like 10 of 11 3-point shots, was how.

Pure class. I don’t follow basketball these days, so I didn’t know that Kerr now coaches Golden State, but I can’t say it surprises me. Good for you, Steve.


5 posted on 06/16/2016 5:16:37 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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6 posted on 06/17/2016 6:45:47 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: nickcarraway

Malcolm Kerr.

7 posted on 06/17/2016 6:12:43 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: nickcarraway

okay this is from a year ago....


8 posted on 06/17/2016 6:21:40 PM PDT by visualops (It's the majority of the American people and Trump against the enemies of the republic - Windflier)
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